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In 2013 Kelly founded a group called Ordain Women which has pressed for gender equality and urged Mormon leaders to seek spiritual direction from God on the issue of ordination.

in theory regain membership if she renounces Ordain Women and takes down its website. Kelly would also have to be re baptized, something she said she will not do.

By Jennifer Dobner

Kate Kelly was stripped of her membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints on Monday after a three man disciplinary council ruled she had violated the "laws and orders" of the faith and that her actions amounted to apostasy.

SALT LAKE CITY, June 25 (Reuters) A prominent Mormon feminist, who was excommunicated by the Utah based church this week after pushing for the ordination of women, said on Wednesday she plans to appeal the decision.

are rare, church officials say.

Under church rules she has 30 days to appeal. The petition will be considered by some of the same regional church leaders in Virginia, where Kelly previously lived, who held the council that excommunicated her. Those councils are Nike Janoski Air Suede

Kelly said she plans to exhaust the appeals process. It was not clear how long that might take.

Another prominent Mormon activist has also faced church disciplinary action in recent weeks.

Church officials say the purpose of disciplinary action is not punishment, but rather it is aimed at encouraging those who have made mistakes to repent. No comment on Kelly's appeal decision was immediately available from the church on Wednesday.

The church's lay priesthood gives men the power to perform rituals, including baptisms, confirmations or blessings. Women may only hold leadership roles in auxiliary organizations.

If the petition is rejected, which Kelly says she expects, the 33 year old former human rights lawyer can then escalate her appeal to the church's First Presidency in Salt Lake City. Such appeals Nike Janoski Red And Black

sometimes referred to as church courts.

"I'm going to press and press and hold them accountable," she said. "I have nothing to lose, I have nothing to be ashamed of and I have everything to Nike Sb Navy gain."

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Feminist Kelly to appeal excommunication from Mormon church

John Dehlin, founder of Mormon Stories, a podcast and online discussion forum of church issues, history and practice, is set to meet with his regional leader in northern Utah on Sunday. (Reporting by Jennifer Dobner; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Sandra Maler)

"I don't think they made the right decision," Kelly told Reuters in Salt Lake City. "I didn't do anything wrong."