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	Church of Scientology on trial in France

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5-26-2009 1:43 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c63f4ebe-4a18-4a69-ab69-e83345d46441/C668D7CD-1B00-47CD-A7AF-C3B64339D780/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/church-of-scientology-on-trial-in-france-20090526-bkwx.html" href="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/church-of-scientology-on-trial-in-france-20090526-bkwx.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.smh.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/church-of-scientology-on-trial-in-france-20090526-bkwx.html"><HEADLINE>Church of Scientology on trial in France</HEADLINE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/church-of-scientology-on-trial-in-france-20090526-bkwx.html"><CITE>May 26, 2009 - 5:39AM</CITE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/church-of-scientology-on-trial-in-france-20090526-bkwx.html"><H5>Dorothee Moisan</H5></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/church-of-scientology-on-trial-in-france-20090526-bkwx.html"><P>The Church of Scientology and six of its French leaders went on trial on Monday on charges of organised fraud that could lead to an outright ban on the organisation in France.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/church-of-scientology-on-trial-in-france-20090526-bkwx.html"><P>The court is hearing a complaint from two women, one of whom alleges she was manipulated into handing over 20,000 euros (28,000 US dollars) for costly Scientology products, such as an "electrometer" to measure mental energy.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/church-of-scientology-on-trial-in-france-20090526-bkwx.html"><P>She says she was approached in a Paris street by a Scientologist in late 1998 who offered a free personality test, at a time when she was feeling psychologically fragile.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/church-of-scientology-on-trial-in-france-20090526-bkwx.html"><P>After being told that her test results were poor, the woman was sold a series of "life-improvement courses", vitamins and other products that she could ill afford, landing her in debt.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/church-of-scientology-on-trial-in-france-20090526-bkwx.html"><P>The second complainant alleges she was forced by her Scientologist employer to undergo testing and enroll in courses in 1998. 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