Eric Hawkins details the process the church uses to prevent unauthorized posthumous baptisms.
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- News (traditional)
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- Eric Hawkins LDS
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Josefin Dolstein, “Mormons Said To Break Their Word, Baptize Holocaust Victims, The Rebbe And Celebrities,” The Forward (December 22, 2017)
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- The Forward
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- Eric Hawkins, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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- Reading Public
- Transcription
Eric Hawkins, a spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said the church was doing its part to ensure there were no posthumous baptisms.
"The Church cares deeply about ensuring these standards are maintained," he said in a statement. "Each month, we receive a list of names of Holocaust victims from the [Simon] Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. These are added to our database of names that require a direct family connection before temple work can be requested or performed."
Four full-time employees at FamilySearch monitor the site for names of Holocaust victims and others that should not be added, Hawkins added.
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