Function
The task force was set up with the full-time mission of monitoring Scientology activities in Germany. It was reported to have denied Scientology access to the real estate market in Hamburg. Commissioner Ursula Caberta also helped the task force convince local banks to deny loans to Scientology organizations and Scientologists. In the mid-1990s the task force invented and distributed a form that was used for a job or association membership applicant to sign that s/he does not use the technology of L. Ron Hubbard.
In December 2005 the Federal Administrative Court prohibited the task force from distributing this form. The court took the view that distribution of the form violated the freedom of religion guaranteed by the German constitution. In June 2008 the Task Force was fined €5,000 for refusing to comply with the court's decision, having continued to make the form available.
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