ROANOKE TIMES
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DATE: Wednesday, October 30, 1996 TAG: 9610300048
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-7 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: MUNICH, GERMANY
In the latest step in Germany's campaign against Scientology, the state of Bavaria will require applicants for state jobs to disclose if they have any relationship with the church.
Scientology members will not be automatically disqualified from civil service jobs, but will have to convince the potential employer in a follow-up interview of their suitability, according to rules issued Tuesday. They take effect Friday.
Companies seeking to do business with the state must also publicly distance themselves from Scientology, the state government said.
The head of the Los Angeles-based church, Heber Jentzsch, condemned the policy as discriminatory and said Scientology would take legal action to recover any damages resulting from it.
- Associated Press
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