Former LatterDay Saint apostle Amasa Lyman who had eight wives and 38 children was excommunicated by the church's Quorum of the Twelve member, Orson Pratt Sr.. for teaching false doctrines.
Following the meeting the three took their findings to the high council, and the council excommunicated Lyman on May 12, 1870. On May 10, 1870, three representatives from the Salt Lake Stake high council, where Lyman was residing, came to investigate his activism and the rumors. 
