Mormon Church leaders apologized Tuesday after the parents of the late Jewish rights advocate and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal were baptized by proxy in late January.Meanwhile, Holocaust survivor ...

And Mormons are instructed to only baptize family members, particularly after Jewish genealogists discovered in the 1990s that 380,000 Holocaust survivors had been vicariously baptized.

Mormons don’t believe that they’re forcing their religion onto the dead, since the soul of the deceased needs to consent to the baptism from beyond the grave in order to become Mormon.

So Mormons are out to baptize those who didn't have these restored baptisms. "This baptism is not binding on them unless they accept it," Cook continued. "They're given the opportunity.

And Mormons are instructed to only baptize family members, particularly after Jewish genealogists discovered in the 1990s that 380,000 Holocaust survivors had been vicariously baptized.

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