Grooming gang survivors make plea to ‘put politics aside’ ahead of new
inquiry
-
Exclusive: Telford survivors say people are ‘exploiting the exploited’ and
push for women to shape investigation
The political “tug-of-war with vulnerabl...
22 minutes ago
Posts
Seed Newsvine
.jpg)
Their convictions were for fraud or for the illegal practice of pharmacy, after plaintiffs said they were given vitamins and concoctions which the group claimed would improve their mental state.
ReplyDelete"This is very good news for those who fight against cults and a serious defeat for the the Church of Scientology," said Olivier Morice, lawyer for Unadfi, a group that campaigns against sects and was a plaintiff in the case.
France regards Scientology as a cult, not a religion, and has prosecuted individual Scientologists before, but the 2009 trial marked the first time the organisation as a whole had been convicted.