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Published on Tuesday 19th February 2008
A psychiatric report tendered in court said the woman had been diagnosed at Bankstown Hospital as having a mental illness, but her parents denied her the appropriate psychiatric medication because of their Scientology beliefs.
Source: The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
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Published on Sunday 4th November 2007
In 1997 a former member of the Church of Scientology, unhappy with courses she had taken, tried to get a refund of 700,000 Belgian francs - about $17,000. Authorities began looking into the church’s finances and interviewing people.
Now, 10 years and 76 cartons of documents later, prosecutors say the evidence points to one conclusion: The Church of Scientology in Belgium is a “criminal organization” that has used fraud and extortion to separate members from their money.
Source: Saint Petersburg Times
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Published on Monday 15th November 1999
They went on trial last September accused of accepting money for dubious treatments organised for church members.
Some of these included ‘purification’ sessions and vitamin cures sold at excessive prices, according to the prosecution. The case grew out of complaints by a former scientologist.
Charges of violence and illegally practising medicine have been dropped.
Prosecutors in the case had sought more severe sentences.
They argued that “beneath the religion there is a clear, institutionalised business drift” in which money was extorted by psychological manipulation. They said people with real psychological problems had been targeted.
Source: BBC News
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Published on Monday 20th September 1999
Seven members of the Church of Scientology have gone on trial in France on charges of fraud.
The trial, in the southern city of Marseille, has led to renewed calls for the banning of Scientology in France, which officially regards it as a dangerous cult rather than a religion.
The charges against the seven defendants - who are alleged to have obtained large sums of money from fellow sect-members by fraudulent means - date back to the late 1980s.
Source: BBC News
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Published on Thursday 9th September 1999
Seven Scientologists are due to go on trial in southern France later this month after an investigation into alleged fraud, illegal practice of medicine and premeditated violence.
There have been several other cases in France’s contentious relationship with the organisation.
Source: BBC News
