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the timeline of Scientology criminality
1997
A Milan appeal court has sentenced 29 members of the
Church of Scientology to between nine and 20 months' jail for
criminal association, the Corriere della Serra reported
Saturday.
1996
A Lyon court convicted 14 Scientologists of fraud. The
former head of the Lyon Scientology organization was found guilty
of manslaughter in the alleged suicide of Patrice Vic.
Three Scientologists were given suspended prison
sentences for interfering with an expert witness in a Lyon trial.
Charges of theft were proven.
1995
The Supreme Court orders Scientology to make the
largest libel payment in Canadian history for defaming lawyer Casey
Hill.
1994
RTC (a Scientology corporation) fined $17,775 for
filing a frivolous lawsuit. (Using the law to harass critics is
Scientology policy.)
1992
"In 1992, the Toronto branch was fined $250,000 for its
role in espionage operations in the 1970s against the Ontario
Attorney-General's Ministry, the Ontario Provincial Police and the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This criminal conviction of a church
-- a rarity in legal history -- was upheld [in 1996] by the Ontario
Court of Appeal."
- The Globe and Mail
1988
Scientology executive Heber Jentzsch arrested for
fraud. Scientology posts $1,000,000 bail to free him. Jentzsch's
trial is slated to begin in June 1999.
1980
Mary Sue Hubbard and 11 other Scientologists convicted
of breaking and entering, and stealing US government documents.
[source: Washington Post, January 8,
1983]
1978
L. Ron Hubbard found guilty of fraud, in
absentia.
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