Lee provided copies of letters he had written to leaders of the LDS Church to the news media. The church did not publicly respond to Lee's letters or his public comments, since it is the church's policy not to publicize the details of an excommunicant's behavior which brought about the disciplinary action.
Lee distributed his private letters to prominent LDS Church leaders to the press. The church chose not to comment publicly on Lee's letters or remarks, following its custom of keeping details about an excommunicant's misbehavior confidential.