Lawrence Wollersheim Stands Corrected

After reading the e-mail below I realised that my slip of the tongue was completely wrong. I hereby retract any and all statements that I could have made during the course of the program that stated or implied that "Raul Lopez's brain damage was caused by Scientology". This is not a correct reflection of the Raul Lopez story.

I though I said that Scientology had got hundreds of thousands of dollars from a brain damaged individual (Lopez). It was the end of the interview and if I was not clear about this or mis-stated it in any way I apologize for any confusion.

Sincerely,
Lawrence
Wollersheim

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From: "Fredric L. Rice" <frice@SkepticTank.ORG>
To: <manage@factnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:22 AM
Subject: D'Oh! Mr. Wollersheim on KROQ 106.7 today 

Greetings! 

If you would, please post this somewhere on FACTNet since it corrects a mistake that was stated on the radio this morning. 

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It was a wonderful radio interview this morning (15/May/2002) on KROQ FM 106.7 Los Angeles and millions of listeners not only got to hear Mr. Wollersheim describe calmly and matter-of-factly numerous elements about Scientology which are well documented and utterly undeniable, yet listeners were also treated to Scientology spokesman John Charmichael who came on the air and started emotionally ranting and libeling his way out of not having to address the issues that Mr. Wollersheim brought up. 

One thing that Mr. Wollersheim stated wrong -- probably because the interview air time was coming to an end quickly -- was that Raul Lopez's brain damage was caused by Scientology. I suspect that the notoriously criminal Scientology organization will try to focus on that error and ignore all the rest of the information which was presented so FACTNet should post a note indicating that Mr. Raul Lopez was in an automotive accident which caused his injuries and the Scientology organization swindled Mr. Lopez out of almost every dime of his insurance settlement with the claim that they (Scientology) could cure him.  

So it wasn't Scientology that caused the brain damage. If anything, Scientology criminal activities conducted against Mr. Lopez were _worse_ since they knew he was experiencing mental difficulties which made him easy prey for the notorious cult. 

Toward the very end of the radio interview another follower or the notorious cult -- Joel in Glendora, California -- called the radio station and claimed that he knew nothing about what Scientology does even though he also claimed that he had been in the cult for many years. Joel claimed that none of what is well documented in the court record takes place. It was great hearing Mr. Wollersheim underscore the fact that Scientologists that don't rock the boat, can still afford to pay the cult money, or try to leave are treated well enough. Mr. Wollersheim informed Joel that he could check the FACTNet.ORG web site to read the documentation for himself yet Joel snorted and ignored the suggestion entirely. 

All in all, it was a wonderful exposure of the cult.

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