Deseret News prints the Church's and The American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants joint statement that states the Church had "unintentionally caused pain."
- Type
- News (traditional)
- Source
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints LDS
- Hearsay
- DirectScribed SummaryJournalism
- Reference
Michael Purdy, "Jewish, Mormon leaders issue joint statement," Deseret News (September 2, 2010), accessed March 2, 2021
- Scribe/Publisher
- Deseret News
- People
- The American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants, Michael Purdy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
According to the statement, which was issued to news media simultaneously in New York and Salt Lake City, The American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants had pointed out to the LDS Church that its practice of proxy baptism had "unintentionally caused pain" because of the inclusion of names of Holocaust victims in the religious rite.
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