French scientologists angered by fraud verdict

[SecularMotion]

The Cour de Cassation in Paris, France's highest appeals court, on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the Church of Scientology against several convictions for "organized fraud".

The Church had argued in a September 4th hearing that the verdicts constituted a violation of their religious liberty, but the court on Wednesday rejected that claim.

In 2009, convictions and fines of €400,000 and €200,000 ($812,000 in total) were handed down to the Church’s Celebrity Centre and a Scientology bookshop in the French capital.

Scientology leader in Paris, Alain Rosenburg and the Celebrity Centre's former president Sabine Jacquart were also found guilty of taking financial advantage of elderly members of the Church and sentenced to two-year suspended prison sentences as well as being handed €30,000 fines for organized fraud.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20131016/french-court-upholds-fraud-verdict-against-scientologists

[Warpy]

1. Anything that pi$$e$ that bunch off is a good thing

I wish they hadn't buffaloed the IRS into declaring them a religion in the US.

[rrneck]

2. Good. They're a buncha crooks. ntt

[dimbear]

3. Xenu is displeased. Gardez, messieurs! (sans sujet)

[AtheistCrusader]

4. ...

[dimbear]

5. la-scientologie-definitivement-condamnee-pour-escroquerie-

Header of the same article in the French papers. Means exactly what you think.

Lafayette, we are here.