Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Mormons apologize for baptizing of dead Jews

(AP)  SALT LAKE CITY - Mormon church leaders apologized to the family of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate Simon Wiesenthal after his parents were posthumously baptized, a controversial ritual that Mormons believe allows deceased people a way to the afterlife but offends members of many other religions.

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