The applicants claimed that their conviction violated Article 9 of the European Convention, which safeguards freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, as well as the right to manifest one’s religion alone or in community with others and in public or in private.
मई २५, १९९५ के दिन, आयोग के २५ सदस्यों ने एकमत निर्णय लिया कि इस मामले में यूनान ने यूरोपीय आयोग के अनुच्छेद ९ का उल्लंघन किया है ।