{"podcast":{"title":"Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup where Dives ruminates on the great and spacious Beehive!","slug":"welcome-to-the-weekly-mormonnewsroundup-where-al-dives-ruminate-on-the-great-and-spacious-beehive-5440377","podcast_index_feed_id":5440377,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/8e53bf90/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.mormonnewsroundup.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/23778532/23778532-1648837601575-bee4f56074a5f.jpg","author":"Mormon News Roundup","episode_count":287,"summary":"Dives and crew are to enlighten the world with all the best weekly updates on what's going on in Mormondom! We embrace controversy because we know our listeners crave hearing all the latest LDS news. We bring you all the facts mingled with insightful opinions of the hosts. A humorous and entertaining podcast looking at LDS related current events. We find the news articles that you just can't find anywhere else. Failing to listen to this podcast is a major victory for Satan! So please join us in the great and spacious beehive where no loud laughter is allowed! kolob@mormonnewsroundup.org","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T08:17:52.622311+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-weekly-mormonnewsroundup-where-al-dives-ruminate-on-the-great-and-spacious-beehive-5440377"},"episode":{"title":"Top 10 Most High-Profile Mormon Excommunications (2015–2025)","slug":"top-10-most-high-profile-mormon-excommunications-2015-2025","published_at":"2026-04-18T19:48:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-weekly-mormonnewsroundup-where-al-dives-ruminate-on-the-great-and-spacious-beehive-5440377/top-10-most-high-profile-mormon-excommunications-2015-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-weekly-mormonnewsroundup-where-al-dives-ruminate-on-the-great-and-spacious-beehive-5440377","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonnewsroundup/episodes/Top-10-Most-High-Profile-Mormon-Excommunications-20152025-e3htmac","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/8e53bf90/podcast/play/118462220/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-14%2F422075902-44100-2-1cbe3a61d082.mp3","summary":"For most of its history, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has claimed that excommunication is rare, loving, and purely spiritual. Since 2015, that claim has become increasingly difficult to defend.In the internet age, church discipline no longer happens quietly behind closed doors. It unfolds in newspapers, podcasts, television interviews, and viral social media posts. From child-protection advocate Sam Young, feminist activist Kate Kelly, and CES Letter author Jeremy Runnells, to podcasters John Dehlin and Bill Reel, and even sitting General Authority James Hamula, these cases reveal a clear pattern: when influence extends beyond the chapel, discipline follows.On this episode of Mormon News Roundup, we count down the Top 10 most high-profile Mormon excommunications of the last decade — many covered by CNN, NPR, The New York Times, Time Magazine, and international media.These are not resignations.These are not quiet exits.These are members who were formally cast out — and whose stories the Church could not contain.🔟 The Countdown10. Peter Bleakley – UK high councilor turned public critic9. Natasha Helfer – Licensed sex therapist and mental-health advocate8. Sam Young – Founder of Protect LDS Children7. Nemo the Mormon – Evidence-based YouTube critic6. Bill Reel – Former bishop and podcaster5. Kate Kelly – Ordain Women founder4. Denver Snuffer – Charismatic dissenter turned movement founder3. John Dehlin – Mormon Stories Podcast2. Jeremy Runnells – Author of the CES Letter1. James Hamula – Sitting General Authority Seventy🔚 ConclusionThese cases don’t just reveal who gets excommunicated — they reveal why. Quiet disbelief is tolerated. Private doubt is managed. But public dissent — especially when it reaches beyond Church control — is punished.Excommunicat…","meta_description":"For most of its history, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has claimed that excommunication is rare, loving, and purely spiritual. 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