Stan Zir was excommunicated

Stan Zir was stabbed in the chest in the SGI New York Community Center, giving his all to protect the members and the SGI Gohonzon from a crazed assailant. For years after the incident, he suffered from recurrent collapsed lung [pneumothoraces]. Years later, he complained to Mr. Kasahara that a senior leader had raped his wife. Instead of the perpetrator being taken to task, Stan and his wife were excommunicated.