A French prosecutor on Monday recommended a Paris court should dissolve the Church of Scientology's French branch when it rules on charges of fraud against the organisation.
Prosecutor Maud Coujard also called for 4 million euros ($5.55 million) in fines against the Church's Paris headquarters and bookshop, which account for most of the group's activities in France.
Registered as a religion in the United States, with celebrity members such as actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, Scientology enjoys no such legal protection in France, where it has faced repeated accusations of being a money-making cult. More...
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