'Debate' after Sermon for Scientology Victim Berlin, Germany
September 17, 2000
Die Welt
There was an intense debate after a memorial service in the Luisen Church in Charlottenburg between Scientologists and the sect commissioner for Berlin and Brandenburg. Gandow gave his sermon in memory of a victim of Scientology in the USA: "After she attempted to leave, Lisa McPherson was held against her will for 17 days and tormented. She died on December 5, 1999 [typo, was 1995] at the age of 36 years." Scientologists had threatened Gandow in advance of the event and defamed him in flyers which they distributed as an "anti-sect commissioner" and "Chief Inquisitor." "Within the past week Scientology has terrorized me by telephone and threatened to disrupt our gathering," said Gandow. Scientologists assembled in front of the church and distributed glossy brochures in which they disparaged critics who were involved with the "Lisa McPherson case." In a round of discussion afterwards Scientologists, who had traveled from all over the country, chided Thomas Gandow as a "liar." They said that Lisa McPherson had died as a result of a car accident. Apparently Gandow has not been stopped by these attempts at intimidation from taking further steps against Scientology. In a letter to State Bishop Wolfgang Huber, Scientology, with offices in Munich, demanded the immediate dismissal of the clergyman. Thomas Gandow has initiated legal steps against Scientology. balt ---- Unofficial translations of German media, For non-commercial use only
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