The person involved has no neemonus. The rav involved was duped by a streetwise conman with some very serious issues. Gerus is not for amateurs, and that is why we don’t want the Amsalems and the Druckmans of this world to handle it.
If this one was told that he would become a new person without his old physical tayvos, that is as if a 300 pound ger tzedek goes down to 175 pounds the day he completes his gerus.
Dan lekaf zechus for this one is like dan lekaf zechus for molestors. I am tired of the left throwing out phrases like dan lekaf zechus, dina demalchusa dina and bein odom lechaveiro the way the non-Torah movements throw around “tikkun olam” – ie with no idea of what the phrases mean or when they apply.
Judaism is not the old American folk religion of matzo balls, UJA and state of Israel bonds. It is also not a Carlebach lovefest. It is a way of life based on a set of rules. You don’t follow the rules – you’re mechutz lamachane. You try to bend the rules – you’ll be pretty bent out of shape for 11 months after you leave this world.