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Outcome Of Disciplinary Actions

I was reading an old article (2007) of a guy in Arizona who was excommunicated for apostasy. His stake President wrote him a letter stating that:

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I dont know the outcome of this because the stake president didnt (at that time) make a final decision you know what am I saying? but it made me wonder whether the outcome of disciplinary actions are confidential or not. I thought they were. If apostasy is given so much importance (as in this case), are we to believe that in cases such as fraud, rape or molestation to a minor, the whole ward should also be aware of the outcome of the disciplinary action of a particular member?

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Church disciplinary actions are considered confidential, unless the infraction is very public and/or affects a lot of people. So, an excommunication for apostasy needs to be widely published so that other people will know that the person is teaching false, misleading doctrines.

Other than this type of case, all disciplinary actions are confidential, and only the persons direct leaders are notified.

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As far as I know it's confidential but there are situations where an announcement maybe needed such as the possibility of the person hurting others.