Court judgment bans the psycho-sect in Greece
From: "Tages-Anzeiger"
Scientology Under Pressure
Scientology continues to have difficulty. Hollywood stars who compare
Chancellor Kohl with Goebbels see to the indignation. A court judgment
now has banned Scientology in Greece.
Zurich. - The highest political circles have been involved with
Scientology recently. The open letter from 34 Hollywood stars like
Dustin Hoffman and Larry King, who compared Kohl's administration with
the Nazi regime, brought forth strong reactions from American, French
and German ministers and administration spokepeople on Tuesday. The
actors wanted to show their support for the two prominent Scientologists
Tom Cruise and John Travolta, whose films are being partly boycotted
in Germany.
In Greece, an Athens Administrative Court passed a judgment which affects
Scientology materially. It states that the psycho-sect is to be banned.
The Scientologists were able to prevent the closing of the Athens Center
by appealing for a postponement. The judge stated that the financial
machinations of the commercial sect were not compatible with the public
welfare. Scientology was said to be an organization with totalitarian
structures and tendencies. Moreover, the members were said to be
enslaved by brainwashing. Scientology described the judgment as
totalitarian and fascistic. The Athens chief district attorney wants to
hold the Greek Scientologists criminally accountable. He found
incriminating material in the raid and is accusing them of activity
which endangers the state. (sta.)
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January 22, 1997
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While that number continues to drop (thanks in part to the Internet) few
of the remaining followers are even aware of the unending series of police
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criminal history, or its current racketeering activities. Even fewer of
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policies which dictates the criminal behavior that keeps getting their
organization raided (see Xenu.NET for
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is the problem, not the thousands of honest believers who are good,
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