Church of Scientology convicted of fraud in France
In France, where the Church of Scientology is officially regarded as a cult, judges fined it almost a million dollars on Tuesday and stopped short of banning the group only because of a twist law passed just before the trial began.
The law was subsequently revised thus opening the possibility that Scientology could be banned in France in the future, under a different set of charges.
Read the entire story here.
Read about “Crash” director Paul Haggis resignation from Scientology here.
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