Original sentence: According to Franz, he began working in the organization's writing department and was assigned to collaboratively write Aid to Bible Understanding, the first religious encyclopedia published by Jehovah's Witnesses.Determined to present his point of view, not only with respect to his having been disfellowshiped, but with respect to larger doctrinal issues, in 1982 he sent Heather and Gary Botting proofs of his upcoming book Crisis of Conscience so that they could chronicle the more widespread discord within the Watch Tower Society.This statement, which placed blame for the disappointment about 1975 on Raymond Franz as the former chairman of the writing committee, precipitated a purge of that committee
Edited sentence: Determined to present his point of view, not only with respect to his having been disfellowshiped, but with respect to larger doctrinal issues, in 1982 he sent opposition critics Heather and Gary Botting proofs of his upcoming book Crisis of Conscience so that they could chronicle the more widespread discord within the Watch Tower Society.Franz began working in the organization's writing department and claims to have assisted in writing Aid to Bible Understanding, the first religious encyclopedia published by Jehovah's Witnesses.This statement, which appeared to some to place blame for the disappointment about 1975 on Raymond Franz due to his involvement with a writing committee, precipitated a restructuring of that committee and eventual disfellowshipping of Franz