Arizona man says LDS Church threatened expulsion for abuse report (Christopher Millette | Erie Times-News via AP) An Arizona man is claiming he was sexually abused as a Boy Scout and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints threatened ex-communication when he tried to report it 45 years ago. By The Associated Press | Updated: 10:13 p.m. Phoenix • An Arizona man is alleging he was sexually abused as a Boy Scout and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints threatened ex-communication when he tried to report it 45 years ago. Attorneys for the man announced a lawsuit Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix against the church, the Grand Canyon Council of the Boy Scouts of America, a Scoutmaster, a Scout and church leader and Bishop Floyd Dean Davis.