Legal counsel may not be present for disciplinary trial

[Dr Exiled]

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comme ... _the_mail/

What kind of a church tells this to a member who is facing (in their minds) the potential of losing everything in the afterlife - "sorry, you can't have representation."

Definitely sounds like a church headed by Jesus Christ to me.

Here's the thing. It's not a criminal tribunal. It's not even a civil tribunal. There is no "right" to a lawyer. It's merely a squabble between members of a social club.

Beyond that, anyone at a D.T. probably doesn't really want to be a MormBot anymore anyway. So why even bother to show up to such a Kangaroo proceeding? Time to move on.

Yep. Write a nice letter respectfully declining to attend and wishing to still remain friends. As Moksha says above, the final decision has already been reached. So, no point in attending.

[Dr Moore]

Counsel?

[drumdude]

Counsel?

No council. There's plenty of room in there for a second council!