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Holocaust survivors halt talks with LDS

Church surprised at 'unilateral' end to baptism negotiations

The LDS Church "stands by its word" not to perform posthumous baptisms for Holocaust victims, church officials said Monday, after a group of Holocaust survivors held a press conference in New York announcing it is breaking off negotiations with the church.
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Jewish, Mormon leaders issue joint statement

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 Church that its practice of proxy baptism had "unintentionally caused pain" due to the inclusion of names of Holocaust victims in the religious rite. Ref. Source 2

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This is ridiculous how on earth is performing ordinances on behalf of deceased loved ones no matter when or how they died causing pain. It seems you can't do anything without upsetting somebody. People are too sensitive. But I do believe that they will be held accountable for not allowing their relatives to progress in the spirit world.

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Comments: This is all about the church pleasing everyone to save face and avoid lawsuits. The Jews might have won a court battle if they pursued it but of course the church does not enter that so the safest thing to do is withdraw. The Jews aren't the only ones sensitive on this issue though cause the Catholics are thinking the same way and have banned many parish records to Mormons.

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Dialogue leads to breakthrough in relations between Jews, LDS

As a Holocaust survivor, I have been involved for more than 15 years with a coalition of Jewish community leaders working with LDS Church leaders to prevent the posthumous baptizing of Holocaust victims. Despite written agreements, these problems had never been resolved, causing much pain to the families of Holocaust victims. In truth, the issue is complicated and emotional, and has led to misunderstandings and tensions between our two faith communities. Ref. Source 7

Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Mormons

Two decades of anger, apologies and agreements have failed to keep the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from ending posthumous Mormon baptisms of prominent Jews and holocaust victims.

In the latest incident, the parents of the late Simon Wiesenthal, a survivor of a Nazi death camp and an advocate for holocaust victims, were baptized in a Mormon ceremony. Ref. Source 3

Jewish Holocaust Survivors & Mormons

Since that time the church issued an apology and rescinded access as well as revoked the baptism for the ancestors of Simon Wiesenthal. That will be really difficult to control un;ess the church just blocks a whole bunch of names from submission.

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Was Anne Frank baptized by Mormons?

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A new claim has surfaced that the Mormon church has posthumously baptized a Holocaust victim, this time Anne Frank. Ref. Source 9