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World Service,20 Apr 2001,12 mins

Order of the Solar Temple trial in France

Reporting Religion

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The first criminal trial to take place connected to the domesday sect that gained worldwide notoriety when 74 of its members died in apparent ritual killings in Switzerland, France and Canada in the mid 1990s. Also on the programme: the Chinese sect leader whose release from custody in the US could notch up the tension with China; the Catholic Church in Britain considers new measures to root out paedophiles from within its ranks; and a new commission which aims to protect the world's sacred sites from destruction.

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