Pending, during or after an examination or investigation of a society, either domestic, foreign, or alien, the commissioner shall make public no financial statement, report, or finding nor shall he permit to become public any financial statement, report, or finding affecting the status, standing, or rights of any society until a copy thereof shall have been served upon the society at its principal office and the society shall have been afforded a reasonable opportunity to answer any such financial statement, report, or finding and to make such showing in connection therewith as it may desire.