[jennyp]

In the church, "ban" is a word used specifically to mean exclusion from Holy Communion and possibly from other fellowship. That's how I took the word. If it meant physically banning him from publishing, then I would need to revise my comment.

Ah, OK. I don't know the exact context of that quote either. I couldn't find a reference to where it comes from from Google. It would be very interesting to find out.

[js1138]

I'm not sure there is any glory in banning someone (regardless of the specific definition of the word) for telling the truth. In either case it's a shameful episode.