Hans: Birgitta was employed by the Church at the store, where they sell books, because it’s the Distribution Center and she was called up by her boss and [he] wondered, what are you doing? I would call it an exciting moment. People were waiting and wondered, and they called us, and she was not supposed to come back to her work, to her job. We were also on the way to move to Spain the same year, but we were on our way to leave anyway.
GT: So she basically got fired because of that interview, would you say?
Hans: Yes. But that said, you can have what they call a green leave, garden leave, sorry. So they paid her anyway during the time before we left, so they handled it very nicely, actually. But they didn’t want us to be in contact with any members. Birgitta and I were called to the Stake president for interviews, twice, and the second time I took Birgitta with me and they were going to excommunicate me. They said, “We’ll let you know.” After two weeks, I had a phone call, and they said, “We won’t do anything.”
GT: They wanted to excommunicate both you and her? Or…
Hans: Yes, but they said, “We won’t do anything”. That happened twice, really.
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