Appeals court says accusers' case against Church of Scientology can proceed

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A California appeals court says Danny Masteron's accusers case against the Church of Scientology can proceed.

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The plaintiffs are suing the church, alleging that after going to the police, they were subjected to a campaign of harassment carried out by its agents.The plaintiffs said agents of the Church of Scientology surveilled them, hacked their security systems, filmed them, chased them, killed or attempted to kill their pets, set fires outside their homes, and posted ads purporting to be from them soliciting anal sex from strangers. The church has denied any harassment.

The church argued that the case should remain out of the courts because the women who are suing signed agreements forfeiting their right to sue the church and agreeing to to arbitrate any claims against it before a panel of Scientologists in a process known as religious arbitration.Danny Masterson’s case has refocused attention on religious arbitration, in which disputes are settled outside of courts, with little or no public scrutiny.

“At it’s best, it allows people who share a commitment to a certain set of rules and values to resolve their disputes in accordance with those rules and values,” he said.

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He could plea bargain for a charge of harassment.

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