In Cultology news, according to an October 13, 2002 ddp press release from Munich, Germany:

Study: Scientology has the potential for a "criminal association"

Munich (ddp). According to an academic study, the controversial Scientology organization has the potential to be a "criminal association."

The "Focus" news magazine printed a preview on Sunday of an upcoming article, in which it reported that this is the conclusion come to by an academic investigation as commissioned by the Bavarian State government.

The study was reported to have said that numerous activities, plus the internal structure, of Scientology were in conflict with principles central to our legal system. The 680-page report is entitled "Gesundheitliche und rechtliche Risiken bei Scientology" ("Risks of health and law in Scientology").

Many of the courses offered by the organization were regarded as "criminal, illicit practices of medicine." In addition, parts of Scientology were said to fulfill the conditions required for findings of fraud. Based on the form of illicit activity, the research scientists recognized indications for the implementation of an association ban."

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