Kate Kelly, one of the two high-profile Mormons threatened with excommunication, was officially forced out of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An all-male panel tried Kelly in abstentia on Sunday and convicted her of apostasy for her desire to improve women’s rights in the Mormon community.
She and John Dehlin were both notified earlier this month that they were on the verge of being excommunicated. They are the targets of the LDS Church’s most visible move to quash those who openly question doctrine in over 20 years. Kelly is a human rights attorney and the founder of Ordain Women, a movement for female Mormons to be ordained to the priesthood (a right the Mormon church reserved for men). Dehlin is a psychologist who runs “Mormon Stories,” a podcast series on issues affecting the church, and is an open advocate for gay and lesbian Mormons.
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