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Oct 27 2009, Thibault

A French court convicted the Church of Scientology and one of its leaders of defrauding vulnerable members on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group’s activities in France.

The Celebrity Centre and a bookshop — the two branches of...

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Pedestrians walk past the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International, where police are conducting a crime scene investigation Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A security guard shot and killed a man wielding a...