A MORMON entertainment entrepreneur has landed himself in the soft and smelly following his creation of a topless male calendar.

The hunks featured are not just your common-or-garden beefcake, but Mormon missionaries.

Gasp!

Chad Hardy, 31, is now an EXCOMMUNICATED Morman, having been disciplined for his heinous crime at the weekend, according to this report.

But Hardy said he bears no ill will toward the council of elders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

I felt like I spoke my truth. Bottom-line, they still felt the calendar is inappropriate and not the image that the church wants to have.

“Men on a Mission,” which has sold nearly 10,000 copies at $14.99 each, included pictures of 12 returned missionaries wearing black slacks, but not their trademark white shirts. The men also were photographed in traditional missionary garb and share their religious beliefs in biographical sketches.

Some of the 12 models have also been called to disciplinary meetings, but none have been punished.

Said Hardy:

I have no ill feelings toward any of those people [of the church council]. They did what they believed was right and I really do feel it was the best decision for both of us.

An excommunicated Mormon is removed from official church rolls, but are still welcome at church services. Excommunicated members are prohibited from receiving the sacrament and can’t perform church callings such as teaching or preaching during meetings. They also cannot enter church temples.