At a time when the church is especially sensitive about its image , the excommunications have done little more than attract unwelcome publicity .
教会对其形象尤其敏感的那个时期，将会员开除教籍只引起了不受欢迎的报道宣传。
The latter courts could punish only by means of censure ( harsh criticism ) , excommunications , and penance , and could not inflict corporal punishment .
