I have read that the “playing with his ding-a-ling” story is false, made from the hijacked Twitter account of one of his daughters.
The other story is more credible. They were going to discipline a female church member for something and he advocated “taking it easy” on her. That hacked off the ‘church council’ and they gave him “the left foot of fellowship” from among them.
I’ve watched some very strict hardliners moderate in their old age in my own family, the dawning realization that we’re all sinners in need of salvation, at the hands of a God who is not only an angry God but a loving one as well. It sounds like selling out to younger people who are not nearing the end of their lifes’ journey, who have not seen so much of human frailty, but in reality it’s forgiveness. So, I do tend to believe he moderated and was booted for it, that makes perfect sense in light of what I know, based upon my own experiences and what I understand of this church.