List of former Latter Day Saints
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This is a list of well-known Latter Day Saints who have been excommunicated, resigned, or no longer profess to be Latter Day Saints.
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[edit] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Although The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not regularly disseminate information about the excommunication or resignation of former members, persons who are here identified as having been excommunicated or resigned from the Church have made such information public. In addition to former members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there are a small number of adherents of related denominations (as labeled). This list may also include former controversial members of the LDS church.
See: List of Latter-day Saints for current members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
[edit] Former members
- Tal Bachman, Canadian musician[1]
- Steve Benson, cartoonist and grandson of LDS President Ezra Taft Benson[2]
- Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter and producer, 2009 Oscar for Best Screenplay for Milk[3]
- Wayne C. Booth American literary critic and professor of English[4]
- Paul D. Boyer, biochemist, Nobel Laureate[5]
- Frank J. Cannon, US Senator from Utah[6]
- Phil Cunningham, Scottish folk musician[7]
- Eliza Dushku, actress[8]
- Richard Dutcher, independent filmmaker and actor[9]
- James "Bo" Gritz, controversial former United States Army Special Forces officer[10]
- Jessica Holmes, Canadian comedian[11]
- Carolyn Tanner Irish, bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America[12]
- Kent James, American musician[13]
- Jewel Kilcher, American musician known as Jewel[14]
- Walter Kirn, literary editor of GQ[15]
- Neil LaBute, playwright[16]
- Bert McCracken, of the rock band The Used[17]
- Culbert Olson, twenty-ninth governor of California[18]
- Sue-Ann Post, Australian comedian who wrote The Confessions of an Unrepentant Lesbian Ex-Mormon[19]
- Arthur Pratt, tenth child of LDS Apostle Orson Pratt and Sarah Pratt, deputy U.S. marshall[20]
- Sarah M. Pratt, outspoken critic of plural marriage, first wife of Apostle Orson Pratt[20]
- Michelle Anne Sinclair, a multi-awarded American pornographic actress[21]
- William Shunn, science fiction writer[22]
- Jerald and Sandra Tanner, writers, researchers and critics of the LDS Church[23]
- Brendon Urie, of the rock band Panic! at the Disco [24]
- Lynne Kanavel Whitesides, feminist[25]
- Ann Eliza Young, ex-wife of Brigham Young[26]
- Warren Zevon, singer/songwriter[27]
[edit] Excommunicated members
- Lavina Fielding Anderson, scholar, writer, editor, and feminist[25]
- Arthur Gary Bishop, serial-killer and child-molester[28]
- Jason Derek Brown, the 489th fugitive to be placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list[29]
- Butch Cassidy, notorious train and bank robber[30][31]
- Ed Decker, author and filmmaker[32]
- Avraham Gileadi, Hebrew scholar and literary analyst; later came back to the Church and rebaptized[25]
- Maxine Hanks, feminist theologian[25]
- Chad Hardy, “Men on a Mission” calendar publisher[33]
- Mark Hofmann, a double murderer and an expert forger—"considered by forensic experts to be the best forger yet caught"[34]
- Sonia Johnson, feminist and a Peace and Freedom Party Presidential nominee[35]
- Richard McCoy, Jr., hijacker of a United Airliner passenger jet for ransom in 1972 and suspect for the still-unidentified D. B. Cooper hijacking
- Teresa Nielsen Hayden, science fiction editor, lapsed at time of excommunication[36]
- Orson Pratt, Jr., first son Apostle Orson Pratt[20][37]
- D. Michael Quinn, LDS (Mormon) historian[25]
- Simon Southerton, molecular biologist lapsed at time of excommunication[38]
- Paul Toscano, attorney and author.[25]
[edit] Community of Christ
[edit] Former members
[edit] Excommunicated members
- Jeffrey Don Lundgren, self-proclaimed prophet and leader of a cult group after excommunication. Executed for murder.[39]
[edit] Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
[edit] Former members
- Alice Cooper, rock star The young Vincent Furnier was active in the Church of Jesus Christ at the ages of 11 and 12.[40][41]
[edit] Excommunicated members
[edit] See also
- Ex-Mormon
- List of former atheists and agnostics
- List of former Protestants
- List of former Roman Catholics
- List of former Muslims
- List of former Christians
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.postmormon.org/exp_e/index.php/pomopedia/My_Abbreviated_Exit_Story/
- ^ Benson, Steve (June 9, 2008). "Hey! You Been Told 'Bout GA Gold?". The Mormon Curtain. http://www.mormoncurtain.com/topic_stevebenson_section5.html#pub_-504730549. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
- ^ Kim, Chuck (June 25, 2002). "Sex, guys, and videotape: "reality" filmmaker Dustin Lance Black talks about turning the camera on himself—and on five young gay men out for fun—in On the Bus". The Advocate.
- ^ Confessions of an Aging, Hypocritical Ex-Missionary by Wayne C. Booth
- ^ Freethought Today, March 2004
- ^ Utah History Encyclopedia
- ^ http://living.scotsman.com/music/Interview-Phil-Cunningham-.4932184.jp
- ^ Paul Young (May 2001). "Faith No More". Maxim Online. http://www.maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=4046&src=fc.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0244756/
- ^ "Biography". Bo Gritz. 2004. http://www.bogritz.com/biography.htm. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
- ^ Interview with Vista Magazine
- ^ Deseret Morning News
- ^ "Angry Young Queer". http://www.cinemaqueer.com/review%20pages%202/nickname.html. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ "Here's the skinny on LDS celebrity urban legends". http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/12627. Retrieved March 2, 2007.
- ^ NPR: Writer Walter Kirn, on a 'Mission to America'
- ^ Times & Seasons: An Interview with Neil LaBute
- ^ “I’m Out of My Head!” Article on Blender: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More
- ^ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAolsonCB.htm – Spartacus Schoolnet biography and collection of interviews
- ^ ABC (Australia)
- ^ a b c Van Wagoner, Richard S. (1986). "Sarah Pratt: The Shaping of an Apostate". Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 19 (2): 79, 90–92. http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fdialogue&CISOPTR=19553&REC=12&CISOBOX=Sarah+Pratt+Bennett+Goddards+highly+improbable.
- ^ Belladonna: A Mormon Girl Gets Her Start in the Adult Movie Business.
- ^ William Shunn : Biography
- ^ *Testimony from Jerald and Sandra
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b c d e f The September Six were six LDS (Mormons) members who were excommunicated or disfellowshipped in September 1993 for speaking against Church doctrine and leadership. See also Mormon Alliance.
- ^ Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan
- ^ Warren Zevon's Last Words Paragraph 11
- ^ New York Times obituary
- ^ "Valley killer on FBI most wanted list spotted in Utah". AZfamily. http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/Phoenix-local-news-091608-brown-fbi-spotted-utah.833c2886.html. Retrieved September 18, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Beaver Utah
- ^ Infamous Mormons
- ^ "The Modern Christian Countercult Movement" article at UMKC
- ^ Steve Friess, "Mormon Beefcake: Did a frisky calendar get an LDS member excommunicated?", Newsweek, 2008-07-18.
- ^ Utah History Encyclopedia
- ^ University of Utah
- ^ God and I
- ^ Van Wagoner 1886, pp. 91–92
- ^ The Age.
- ^ Cult Leader Who Killed 5 Sentenced to Death August 24, 2006 Associated Press report.
- ^ Cooper, Alice Me: Alice (autobiography)
- ^ Alice Cooper’s membership in the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)—See comment number 34:
