first off...................... what holy spirit?
it is OBVIOUS that when elders are appointed they are not done so by the HS they are appointed by men who cant find their ass with both hands. if hs was even involved then before someone did something truely horrible....... like df someone for PERSONAL reasons....... they would be forced to resign as an elder. instead they run their eldership however they want.
secondly.............. how would they know who turned them in...... was it in the police report?
thirdly......... elders can do whatever the hell they want. we have to many examples here for us to ignore the facts. if an elder has something against you personally....... then they can sway the body. regardless of guilt or innocence, fact or fiction.
so he musta been doing some serious butt kissing in order to get back inside. musta pulled out all the stops and said he was sorely mislead or someone else took what he said out of context or some way to downplay any involvement. say he was studying with someone and they ratted him out not him directly.
hell he could say he was possesed and ask for someone to study with him to help drive the devil out of him lol.