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Scientology leaders say they want peace. They say they want to stay out of court. But with both
foes at home and foes abroad, that goal may be elusive. [St. Petersburg Times]
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Church Pays Those it Reviled
Circuit court judge says that the Clearwater police "are coming very dangerously close to
becoming a private security force for the Church of Scientology." Scientology spokesman paints
all critics as criminals. [St. Petersburg Times]
http://www.sptimes.com/News/031101/NorthPinellas/Church_pays_those_it_.shtml
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Police Work for Scientology
Editorial says that it is unlikely that off-duty uniformed Clearwater police officers paid by the
Church of Scientology could remain objective when incidents occur between the church and
protesters. [St. Petersburg Times]
http://www.sptimes.com/News/032201/Opinion/Police_work_for_Scien.shtml
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French Court Finds Church of Scientology Guilty of Breaching Privacy Laws
A French court fined the Church of Scientology for violating the privacy rights of former members,
although prosecutors failed to convict on other charges. [Voice of America News]
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=1D964FEC-B042-423B-9CB06A5E91A45062&title=Frenc....
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Scientology Trial Opens in France
Seven members of the Church of Scientology have gone on trial in France on charges of fraud. [BBC
News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/452734.stm
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Scientology Faces French Ban
The French Justice Minister says she is prepared to consider banning the Church of Scientology,
considered a cult--not a religion--in France. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/443271.stm
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Scientologists Face Paris Ban
Public prosecutor accuses the Church of Scientology with "mental manipulation." The sect
is on trial for false advertising and attempted fraud. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1836812.stm
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Germany: Religious Dispute
A German federal court has been hearing a case which could decide if restrictions on the Church of
Scientology in Germany are legal. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/17791.stm
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Germany Can't Decide if Scientology is a Religion
A federal court in Germany has failed to reach a verdict on whether or not Scientology can be
considered a religion. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/23555.stm
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German-US Scientology Row
Germany and the United States are to discuss their disagreements over the Church of Scientology.
[BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/20185.stm
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French Scientology Trial Ends
The trial has ended in the French city of Marseille of seven members of the Church of Scientology
accused of fraud. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/455759.stm
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French Scientology Trial
A French prosecutor has asked a court in Marseille to jail a former leader of the Church of
Scientology who has been accused of obtaining large sums of money by fraud from other members of
the Church. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/455059.stm
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French Scientologists Guilty of Fraud
Marseilles court has convicted five members of the Church of Scientology of fraud for extorting
large payments from vulnerable members for dubious cures. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/521345.stm
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France Urged to Ban Scientology
A French government committee recommends dissolving the Church of Scientology on the grounds that
its activities threaten public order. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/635986.stm
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Concerns Over Church of Scientology
A federal court in Germany has failed to reach a verdict on the legal status of Scientology --
after years of international debate. [BBC News].
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/despatches/europe/23966.stm
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State Takes Middle Road Against Scientology
Colleagues of State Attorney Bernie McCabe say charging the church, not the members, and deciding
against a manslaughter charge walks the line between acting too harshly and too weakly. [St.
Petersburg Times]
http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/112398/State_takes_middle_ro.html
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Scientology Told to Release Notes on Late Member
A judge gives the church a delay so it can fight for the privacy of a practice it compares to
confession. [St. Petersburg Times]
http://www.sptimes.com/News/31699/TampaBay/Scientology_told_to_r.html
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Scientology Critic Won't Face Retrial
Trial of a critic of Scientology on a misdemeanor charge ends in a hung jury due to worries that he
was set up by the Church of Scientology. The prosecutors then dropped the charges. [St. Petersburg
Times]
http://www.sptimes.com/News/052601/TampaBay/Scientology_critic_wo.shtml
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Supreme Court refuses to review Church of Scientology libel case
Ten years after Time magazine ran an award-winning article portraying the Church of Scientology as
a "ruthless global scam," the Supreme Court refused to consider reinstating the church's
libel case. [Associated Press]
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/89/story_8921_1.html
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Internet Infringement
Jonathan Rosenoer reviews the defense's arguments in Religious Technology Center v. Netcom. The
ISP sought to dismiss the preliminary injunction against it by pointing out that the unprecedented
extension of copyright sought by Scientology would expose every Internet user to lawsuits.
http://www.cyberlaw.com/cylw0495.html
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Scientology loses copyright round
Colorado nonprofit group FACTNet has won a critical round in a legal fight against the Church of
Scientology, raising questions about whether Scientology has a legal right to keep hundreds of
documents offline and out of the public eye. [CNET News.com]
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-217696.html
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Fishman Affidavit
A copy of the declaration filed by Steven Fishman in Church of Scientology International v. Fishman
and Geertz. OT2 and 3 are bowdlerized to comply with Dutch law.
http://www.peghole.com/mare/fishman2/fishman.html
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Dismissal of Scientology Libel Suit Upheld
Federal appeals court upholds earlier ruling that the Church of Scientology failed to show malice
on the part of journalist Richard Behar, author of the Time magazine exposé "Scientology: The
Cult of Greed." [New York Law Journal]
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&....
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Om scientologerna
Bilingual (Swedish-English) site about Zenon Panoussis and his skirmishes with the Church of
Scientology. The story is told through archived posts from alt.religion.scientology and European
press coverage of the saga.
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d1dd/cos/
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Maureen E. Garde
Collection of judicial rulings, court pleadings and other legal documentation from
Scientology-related litigation, 1995-March 1997.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~oracle/mgarde/
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Friends and Family of Lisa McPherson
Information on the civil suit for wrongful death, filed on behalf of the estate of Lisa McPherson,
who died in the custody of the Church of Scientology.
http://www.lisamcpherson.com/
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Scientology v. Panoussis
Day-by-day reports on the appeal case in Stockholm in January 2001. Zenon Panoussis was sued by
the Church of Scientology for posting the Fishman Affidavit and the NOTs online.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kspaink/english/zenon-20010117.html
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Scientology vs. Panoussis Ruling
Readers discuss the verdict of the Swedish High Court, which upheld a lower court's ruling that
Zenon Panoussis had infringed Scientology's copyright. Includes comments from Arnie Lerma and Karin
Spaink. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/yro/01/03/09/1425236.shtml
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Dear Amanda
One father's struggle with the courts and the Church of Scientology over his daughter.
http://www.ecentral.com/members/skeller/
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Scientology® Raided Around the World
Archive of articles on law enforcement raids, arrests, court trials, indictments, and convictions
of ringleaders of the Scientology crime syndicate.
http://www.raids.org/
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Hana Whitfield
Affidavit of Hana Whitfield. The story of an ex member.
http://www.religio.de/therapie/sc/hana.html
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Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz
A selection of publicly-available legal documents filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of
California.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/
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