Scientology loses court case in Denmark
10 Jan 2003
http://www.jp.dk/indland/artikel:aid=1608360/
(quick'n'dirty translation)
Scientology lost a libel case today in Copenhagen.
The sect's magazine 'Friheden' (Freedom) had, in an article, accused
Danish journalist Jørgen Pedersen and German filmmaker Walther
Heinowski of being agents for Stasi, the former East German
intelligence service.
Anette Refstrup (the editor) got a DKK 10,000 fine (about USD1200)
and each of the plaintiffs were awarded DKK 30,000 damages.
Scientologi was also ordered to pay their costs - DKK 130,000.
The 'Frihed' article was published after a TV programme focussing
on the sect.
[Note: The
Scientology®
organization has at best estimate approximately
45,000 to 50,000 followers world wide -- contrary to the 8 million figure
that the organization has been claiming for the past few years or so.
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
raids, indictments, and prison terms their leaders and fellow cultists are
subjected to routinely. Few are allowed to know about their organization's
criminal history, or its current racketeering activities. Even fewer of
the cult's remaining followers are privy to their messiah's written
policies which dictates the criminal behavior that keeps getting their
organization raided (see Xenu.NET for
suitable references of Scientology policy) Scientology management
is the problem, not the thousands of honest believers who are good,
honest citizens; themselves victims of Scientology - flr]
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