Agnes Bron (L) and Danielle Gounord (R), spokespersons of the Church of Scientology in France, arrive to the Tribunal in Paris, France, 27 October 2009, to assist to the trial session of the Church of Scientology, classified as a sect in France, jointly with seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs. The court handed out the verdict and fined the sect for misleading and cheating on vulnerable followers, but a recent change in the law prevented French Justice from banning it outright. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of the sect's French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s. EPA/MATTHIEU RONDEL
Patrick Maisonneuve, defense attorney for the Church of Scientology talks to journalists on arrival to the Tribunal in Paris, France, 27 October 2009, to assist to the trial session of the Church of Scientology, classified as a sect in France, jointly with seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs. The court handed out the verdict and fined the sect for misleading and cheating on vulnerable followers, but a recent change in the law prevented French Justice from banning it outright. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of the sect's French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s. EPA/MATTHIEU RONDEL
The main plaintiff against the Church of Scientology, arrives to the Tribunal in Paris, France, 27 October 2009, to assist to the trial session of the Church of Scientology, classified as a sect in France, jointly with seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs. The court handed out the verdict and fined the sect for misleading and cheating on vulnerable followers, but a recent change in the law prevented French Justice from banning it outright. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of the sect's French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s. EPA/MATTHIEU RONDEL
Eric Roux, head of the Paris Celebrity Center of the Scientology Association (ASES-CC) arrives to the Tribunal in Paris, France, 27 October 2009, to assist to the trial session of the Church of Scientology, classified as a sect in France, jointly with seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs. The court handed out the verdict and fined the sect for misleading and cheating on vulnerable followers, but a recent change in the law prevented French Justice from banning it outright. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of the sect's French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s. EPA/MATTHIEU RONDEL
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