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Church settles suit after 22 years / Ex-Scientologist who won judgment collects $8.6 million

Title: Church settles suit after 22 years / Ex-Scientologist who won judgment collects $8.6 million
Date: Friday, 10 May 2002
Publisher: San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Author: Richard Leiby
Main source: sfgate.com

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Nearly 22 years ago, Lawrence Wollersheim, a disaffected member of the Church of Scientology, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles accusing the church of mental abuse that pushed him to the brink of suicide. Teams of lawyers and various rulings came and went, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judgments against the church hit $30 million, then dropped to $2.5 million. But the Church of Scientology never paid — until Thursday, when officials wrote a check for more than ... [Read the rest at sfgate.com]