Someone told me a story, which my Google skills can't find an basis to: "a minister in one of the largest churches in the United States got up one morning by and in front of the congration renounced Christianity" supposedly the was "mass uproar and the minister got trampled to death" this supposedly happened in the past 100 years. Any truth or complete fabrication?
The trouble here is that it's difficult to prove a negative, so if you don't hear anything, it's hard to know whether that means that the story you heard was wrong or that no one bothered to read your question.
It would be tremendously helpful if you recall or could ask the person who told you for any more details -- what church, where in the country, what year or even decade this took place...