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Mormons Still Baptizing Dead Jews Despite Agreements to End Practice

LDS leaders have apologized for the baptism of the parents of famed Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal, but the persistent posthumous baptizing of Holocaust victims has outraged Jewish leaders. Plus, Mitt Romney talks about the practice in a 2007 Newsweek interview.

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