France Looks to Ban Scientology

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France has refused to acknowledge Scientology as a religion and is now trying the group on deletion fraud charges in Paris.

Scientology is a dangerous movement," Milivudes president Jean-Michel Roulet told ABCNews.com. "It puts pressure on its victims, it tries to intimidate them and blackmails them."

ABC News also reports that Isabelle Montagne, spokesperson with the Paris court of Justice, said that if Scientology is found guilty of fraud or illegal practice of medical activities, the president of the Paris Scientology Celebrity Centre, one of the biggest centers in France, could be sentenced to seven years in prison and the organization would be shut down.

Scientology is already considered an illegal cult in Germany.