A state appeals court considered whether a harassment lawsuit against the Church of Scientology may be decided in a court or in religious arbitration with church members calling the shots.
A California appeals court on Tuesday considered whether a harassment lawsuit against the Church of Scientology should be decided by a jury or an arbitration board of Scientologists.police that they had been raped
They accused the church of hiring private investigators to surveil, follow, video and photograph them, tapping their phones, hacking their email accounts and home security systems, and even killing a dog. The church has denied any harassment.Scientology says the former members who sued signed agreements when they joined the church to arbitrate any claims before a panel of Scientologists.
Another justice tried to determine whether the process would be fair, asking about the church’s rules of evidence. “This is in fact a direct violation of my clients’ 1st Amendment rights to exit, to leave a religion forever,” she told the court.
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