LDS officials sue popular Mormon podcast for ‘confusing listeners on connection to church’

NewsWorldAmericasLDS officials sue popular Mormon podcast for ‘confusing listeners on connection to church’John Dehlin, the host of the podcast, was excommunicated by the church in 2015Graig Graziosi in Washington, D.C. Tuesday 21 April 2026 19:52 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2962138","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/lds-sues-mormon-podcast-b2962138.html","title":"LDS officials sue popular podcast over use of the term ‘Mormon’"}}CloseRelated video: Kash Patel vows to file defamation lawsuit against The AtlanticThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Evening_Newsletter","regTitle":"Evening Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"us_evening_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"4326e634-422a-4447-8e1e-604a937cd3b5","type":"daily_news","pathPrefix":["/us","/news/world/americas","/news/world/americas/crime"],"title":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday","mobileTitle":"Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews","regSourceSection":"Americas","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...