John Dehlin, a popular Mormon podcaster who has publicly expressed doubts about his faith, has been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Dehlin says he received the news in a letter from North Logan Utah’s Stake President, Bryan King, which he provided to The Huffington Post via email.
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Joanna Brooks, a Mormon blogger, told HuffPost she was saddened to hear about Dehlin’s excommunication. She applauded Dehlin for creating an online space where Mormons struggling with their faith could find a sense of community.
“Excommunicating John will do nothing to address the needs of thousands upon thousands of Mormons who love their faith but who can no longer believe in an orthodox or traditional way, or to resolve conflicts over Mormon doctrine, history, and practice,” Brooks told HuffPost in an email. “Excommunication is a sixteenth-century answer to a twenty-first century problem. I count both John and the men who excommunicated him my Mormon brothers still.”
