Church of Scientology convicted of fraud

PARIS – A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro600,000 ($900,000) on Tuesday but stopped short of banning the group as prosecutors had demanded.

The group's French branch immediately announced it would appeal the verdict.
The court convicted the Church of Scientology's French office, its library and six of its leaders of organized fraud. Investigators said the group pressured members into paying large sums of money for questionable financial gain and used "commercial harassment" against recruits.
The group was fined euro400,000 ($600,000) and the library euro200,000. Four of the leaders were given suspended sentences of between 10 months and two years. The other two were given fines of euro1,000 and euro2,000.

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Belgium, Germany and other European countries have been criticized by the U.S. State Department for labeling Scientology as a cult or sect and enacting laws to restrict its operations.

Well, I am not sure what everyone here thinks of those guys, scientologists but I think their very pushy, greedy, and I wouldnt want anyone telling me colonic irrigation or anything else would be a cleansing thing. I already bloody know colonic irrigations can cleanse, they cleanse the colon. Pushy.........................mmmmh. Just my opinion. Its the control tactics on their members I dont like.