CptStern
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A three-judge panel at the Correctional Court in Paris convicted the church and six of its members of organized fraud, but stopped short of banning the church, as prosecutors had asked.
The court also fined the members as much as 400,000 euros ($595,000) each and sentenced them to as much as two years in prison, though the sentences were suspended.
The decision follows a three-week trial in May and June, during which two plaintiffs said they were defrauded by the organization, which is classified as a sect in France.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/27/france.scientology.fraud/index.html
now if they just take that one step further and go after other religions under the same criteria
"your honor, the prosecution will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendent CANNOT turn water into wine. And with this in mind we're asking for that the court consider the death penalty"
oh and I'm willing to look the other way if the ugly (but just) spectre of religious presecution rears it's head. you gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette