http://www.washtimes.com/world/20010915-2441220.htm The Washington Times, World Scene - 15 Sept 2001 - Combined dispatches
Spain seeks dissolution of Scientology sect :

MADRID -- Spanish prosecutors called yesterday for the dissolution of the Church of Scientology and heavy prison sentences for 13 followers of the movement on trial on charges ranging from illegal detention to tax fraud.

A Madrid district court heard accusations that the Church of Scientology as a sect was driven by the lure of money and an obsession with getting rich, and the movement had psychologically damaged some of its followers.

The case started in 1988 when police raided a Madrid hotel where the movement was holding a congress, arresting 37 members, but the trial has been postponed five times since that date.

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