It's pretty weird, a few months ago he was speaking at stake conference, now, kaput, adios LDS Inc. The bishops that were part of his stake fawned over him, now, persona non grata.

Whoa. That doesn't happen every day.

I doubt it's lack of faith, somebody probably found out he was having an affair.

I think an affair would be an indicator of a lack of faith, no?

Not in their mind

He left the church and got a divorce about the same time. I heard rumors of adultery. He has several children.

Maybe he felt he had to live his "true life" and it is with this other woman. How come him doing this is condemned, but leaving your heterosexual spouse to live your "true life" as a homosexual is celebrated.

Spot on!

You never really know what is going on inside of a marriage. I remember being with one couple on a vacation, and the wife was repeatedly tearing up her husband. I remember thinking, "No marriage can survive that." And it didn't.

It's hard to assign blame without knowing the whole story.

Correction, summer-


It’s EASY to assign blame without knowing all the facts…

Can you give us the Stake? If not, at least the area?

Maybe it's the Tuscaloosa west stake.

I'll give you the state, California.

That would be Extreme West Tuscaloosa Stake

:)

Did he quit the church or just the job, sorry, "calling"?
If it's just the job than I agree with Moe, either an affair or financial crime. Keep us posted. More Deets!

Quitting the church brings all kinds of rumours among the remaining faithful. Adultery, theft, hidden vices, inabability to live the gospel, etc. Mostly because those who are fully invested in the system cannot grasp that anything could be remotely wrong with the product. There is no understanding of decisions being made on the basis of conscience, intellect, reason, or a spritual leading elsewhere.

I understand that. That's why I was asking. If he just quit his job, it was probably because he got caught doing something nefarious. If he quit the church, he probably wised up and decided to stop tolerating the bullshit. The OP didn't make it clear about his level of quitting.

We can bet the GAs will know all the details Post Haste.

Many SPs are disillusioned with ChurchCo, but keep it on the Down-Low for sake of families & other social - political - economic reasons.

Yup.

Sunk Cost fallacy is a powerful drug.

A friend of mine quit after he served as bishop. Sometimes you have to get a big enough calling to see how the sausage is made. There’s a lot of people stuck in the church. Leaving has such a high cost that they put up with it until they can’t put up with it no more.