Australian Group Sues In Victoria Claiming Religious Vilification

In the Australian state of Victoria, a trial began Tuesday under Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act in a suit brought by a group known as Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) who follow a religion known as Thelema, founded by the English poet and mystic Aleister Crowley. Today The Age reports that the case, filed in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, accuses Dr Reina Michaelson and the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program of vilifying OTO by describing it on its website as a satanic cult that sacrifices children. Dr Michaelson said the article was published on the website "without her knowledge or consent or authority".