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Commentary: Latter-day Saint excommunication was not designed to happen this way

Commentary: Latter-day Saint excommunication was not designed to happen this way
Joseph Smith designed an innovative and humanitarian system of church discipline that protected the rights of the accused. So what happened in the Natasha Helfer case and others? Two scholars explain.
(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) The Salt Lake City Second Ward chapel features this stained-glass window of Joseph Smith s First Vision.
By Isaac Barnes May and Samuel S. Wells | Religion News Service
| April 25, 2021, 5:43 a.m.
| Updated: 5:51 a.m.
One of the striking things about the Helfer case is a debate over due process and transparency of church disciplinary councils. Since Helfer currently resides in Salt Lake City, there are jurisdictional questions about why her church hearing was convened in Kansas. Further, the hearing took place without Helfer because she would not turn off her cellphone, because it had notes that she intended to use during the proceedings ....

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Mormon excommunication was not designed to happen this way, say scholars

Mormon excommunication was not designed to happen this way, say scholars
Joseph Smith designed an innovative and humanitarian system of church discipline that protected the rights of the accused. So what happened? Two scholars explain.
Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
April 24, 2021
A guest column by Isaac Barnes May and Samuel S. Wells
One of the striking things about the Helfer case is a debate over due process and transparency of church disciplinary councils. Since Helfer currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, there are jurisdictional questions about why her church court was convened in Kansas. Further, the hearing took place without Helfer because she would not turn off her cell phone, because it had notes that she intended to use during the proceedings. Latter-day Saint leaders seemed to fear she would use such technology to publicize the proceedings against her. ....

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