New York Times reports that Douglas A. Wallace, who ordained a Black man, is barred from attending General Conference after threatened to disrupt the meeting.
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- News (traditional)
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- New York Times Non-LDS
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- Journalism
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"Morman [sic] who ordained black man is barred from church conference," New York Times, October 5, 1976, p. 20, accessed January 9, 2022
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- New York Times
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- General Public
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SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 4 (UPI)—A man who ordained a black man to the Mormon priesthood in defiance of church doctrine was barred from the church's, semiannual conference yesterday under a court order.
A deputy sheriff served the order on Douglas A. Wallace, 46 years old, of Vancouver, Wash., at Temple Square prior, to the closing session of the 146th semiannual World Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‐Day Saints.
Church lawyers obtained the court order last week, claiming that Mr. Wallace had threatened to disrupt the conference, in the Mormon Tabernacle. Federal District Judge Marcellus Snow scheduled hearing Friday on whether Mr. Wallace should be permanently banned from Temple Square.
Mr. Wallace was excommunicated from the church earlier this year when he baptized a black man in a motel swimming pool and ordained him to the Mormon priesthood. Blacks are prohibited from holding the priesthood in the Morman [sic] church.
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