This is it entirely, they’re bleeding members over stuff like this and their stupid shunning policy. Who knew doctrine designed to piss people off and make them leave your niche religion forever wasn’t a good way to retain people in the long-term after your predictions of imminent apocalypse don’t come to pass.

Couple that with all the sexual abuse lawsuits and you’ve got a serious financial squeeze on your hands. They’ve been selling assets left and right.