excommunication

At various hearings since 2021, the women testified that they feared excommunication from the church and their families if they made criminal allegations against Masterson.

A generation later, New York governor Mario Cuomo found himself in similarly hot water over his Catholicism, but from a different direction, when he faced the threat of excommunication for his support for abortion rights.

He had a weakness for women not his wife, which had led to his excommunication from the Mormon Church.

Stankorb explained that this implies excommunication, "a serious threat for women who have no job or independent income."

Between the crazy Sprinter van rides, it has also broken new ground by exploring heavy subjects such as excommunication and religious trauma.