 After accusations of attempting a whitewash, and a growing fear among the UOHC that Golders Green synagogues would secede from the union in protest at its handling of the case, the union expelled the rabbi's synagogue from the union.However, the union later retracted its expulsion, saying it was the result of a "misunderstanding".One synagogue left the union because its "lack of willingness or ability" to deal with the issue was "a matter of great embarrassment".