Coalition wants halt to Mormons’ baptism of camp victims
A coalition of Jews is denouncing the Mormon church for posthumously baptizing victims of Nazi concentration camps.
Posthumous baptism is a rite practiced in Mormon temples to offer church membership to the deceased.
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