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Mormon official ousted; first excommunication of a top church leader in decades
Source: Washington Post
Mormon official ousted; first excommunication of a top church leader in decades
By Michelle Boorstein August 8 at 6:20 PM
The Mormon Church has excommunicated one of its top leaders, church officials confirmed Tuesday. It was not immediately clear why.
“This morning, James J. Hamula was released as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, following Church disciplinary action by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles,” read a statement from Eric Hawkins, a spokesman.
Hawkins declined to give details on the reason, but the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News in Utah cited church sources as saying it was not for “apostasy or disillusionment.” Among the reasons the church handbook gives for excommunicating leaders are: adultery, burglary, embezzlement, spousal abuse and “homosexual relations.”
The Tribune and the News reported that Hamula was the first top authority of the church to be excommunicated in 28 years.
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By Michelle Boorstein August 8 at 6:20 PM
The Mormon Church has excommunicated one of its top leaders, church officials confirmed Tuesday. It was not immediately clear why.
“This morning, James J. Hamula was released as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, following Church disciplinary action by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles,” read a statement from Eric Hawkins, a spokesman.
Hawkins declined to give details on the reason, but the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News in Utah cited church sources as saying it was not for “apostasy or disillusionment.” Among the reasons the church handbook gives for excommunicating leaders are: adultery, burglary, embezzlement, spousal abuse and “homosexual relations.”
The Tribune and the News reported that Hamula was the first top authority of the church to be excommunicated in 28 years.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/08/08/mormon-leader-ousted-first-excommunication-of-one-of-its-leaders-in-decades/
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