Scientology On Trial In Belgium

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 1, 2013 @06:43AM from the fighting-fire-with-fire dept.

dgharmon sends this news from the Atlantic Wire: "After a years-long legal battle, federal prosecutors in Belgium now believe their investigation is complete enough to charge the Church of Scientology and its leaders as a criminal organization on charges of extortion, fraud, privacy breaches, and the illegal practice of medicine. ... Multiple reports and the group's legal history point to one key factor here: The Belgian government won't charge Scientology for being a cult — authorities are focusing on prosecuting it as a criminal organization. Which is a new twist, as most of the group's many court battles over the years have focused on establishing its legitimacy as a religion. ... The Church of Scientology houses its European headquarters in Brussels, so a ban in Belgium could be crippling to the group — and authorities there seem to know it."

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Re:Here it comes... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-01 07:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Mormon here. When someone disagrees with us, we do worse: we send missionaries after them.
Re:it was by Fnord666 · 2013-01-01 07:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Atleast in the EU, there is some evidence that intelligent life exists, and rational debate is encouraged.
Citation needed.

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