Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: Administrative court finds MIVILUDES’ statements about Jehovah’s Witnesses defamatory The Paris Administrative Court has concluded that it is “factually incorrect” to claim that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not report cases of child sexual abuse to secular...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: MIVILUDES President resigns over Fonds Marianne scandal Another obnoxious story of taxpayers’ money liberally distributed to dubious associations hit Christian Gravel, who had to leave the French anti-cult mission. by Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: MIVILUDES, from tragedy to farce: Bailiff compels Georges Fenech to pay his debts to Scientology Former MIVILUDES chief and member of its Orientation Council had € 5,000 plus interests seized from his bank account. Version française HRWF Introduction Scandals...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: To avoid judicial proceedings by Scientology, the MIVILUDES republishes its annual report Faced with a lawsuit, the French governmental anti-cult mission republishes its yearly report including a four-page right of answer by the Church of Scientology HRWF...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE:“Église de Philadelphie”: How MIVILUDES and French anti-cultists invented a “cult” In 2011, the wife and four children of a French aristocrat were murdered. Anti-cultists tried to connect the crime with “cults.” Their legal case has now collapsed. By Massimo...