Church spokesman Michael Purdy expresses regret that individual Church members submitted a Holocaust name.
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Mary Slosson, "Mormon church apologizes for posthumous baptism of Jews," Reuters (February 14, 2012), accessed March 19, 2021
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- Abraham Cooper, Michael Purdy, Reuters, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in its written apology, suggested that the action was the work of one member who they said has since been disciplined.
“We sincerely regret that the actions of an individual member of the Church led to the inappropriate submission of these names,” Michael Purdy, a spokesman for the Church, said in a statement e-mailed to Reuters.
“The policy of the Church is that members can request these baptisms only for their own ancestors. Proxy baptisms of Holocaust victims are strictly prohibited,” he added.
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Cooper called the actions “unacceptable,” saying that people who lost everyone and everything and were murdered for being Jewish during the Holocaust should not have their souls hijacked by another religion.
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