Blog: Reviewing the Paris Judgment - 2011-10-18

Reviewing the Paris Judgment October 18, 2011, Jonny Jacobsen, Infinite Complacency

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Even if the sentences in the 2009 Paris trial of Scientology have been widely reported, the court's supporting arguments received less attention. With the appeal starting next month, now is a good time to review the judgment.(1)

Next month a Paris court will begin hearing the appeal against the 2009 convictions of the Church of Scientology for organised fraud.

The judgment and the sentences against the movement were hailed as a victory by many of the movement's critics at the time.[2]