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Mormon church blocks whistle-blower’s access to baptism data

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SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) A technological crackdown has effectively blocked the pre-eminent whistle-blower of controversial proxy baptisms from accessing a Mormon database that chronicles so-called baptisms for the dead. By Derek Jensen.

Topics: Culture, Social Issues
Beliefs: Mormon
Tags: bapitisms for the dead, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, database, helen radkey, mormons, whistle-blower

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