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Doctor Who Drugged Wife, Left Her To Die In Bathtub, Found Dead In Prison
In the months before he murdered his wife, Martin Joseph MacNeill told family, his church and friends in Pleasant Grove, Utah, that he was dying from cancer. The doctor, a former Mormon bishop with eight children and a law degree, then rearranged his finances and took trips, ostensibly for medical care.
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Mormon Founder Joseph Smith Had as Many as 40 Wives
The founder of Mormonism, which for decades allowed polygamy, had as many as 40 wives including one who was only 14, the US-based church has acknowledged.
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Mormon Women's Leader Says Excommunicated From Church
The Mormon church has ex-communicated the founder of a prominent women's group for "conduct contrary" to its laws and order, according to an email cited Monday by the woman involved.
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Mormon Woman Facing Excommunication Holds Vigil
About 200 supporters of the founder of a prominent Mormon women's group held a vigil in Utah on Sunday night as her former church leaders met to decide if she'll be ousted from her church.
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People don't get own planets in afterlife: Mormons
The Mormon Church is pushing back against the notion that members of the faith are taught they'll get their own planet in the afterlife, a misconception popularized in pop culture most recently by the Broadway show "The Book of Mormon."
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US appeals court: No halt to gay marriages in Utah
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that gay marriages can continue in Utah, denying a request from the state to halt same-sex weddings until the appeals process plays out.
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US bishop dresses as homeless man to teach Thanksgiving lesson to church members
Members of a Mormon congregation in the U.S. encountered someone they thought was a homeless man at church on Sunday.
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Doctor Who Drugged Wife, Left Her To Die In Bathtub, Found Dead In Prison
In the months before he murdered his wife, Martin Joseph MacNeill told family, his church and friends in Pleasant Grove, Utah, that he was dying from cancer. The doctor, a former Mormon bishop with eight children and a law degree, then rearranged his finances and took trips, ostensibly for medical care.
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Mormon Founder Joseph Smith Had as Many as 40 Wives
The founder of Mormonism, which for decades allowed polygamy, had as many as 40 wives including one who was only 14, the US-based church has acknowledged.
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Mormon Women's Leader Says Excommunicated From Church
The Mormon church has ex-communicated the founder of a prominent women's group for "conduct contrary" to its laws and order, according to an email cited Monday by the woman involved.
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Mormon Woman Facing Excommunication Holds Vigil
About 200 supporters of the founder of a prominent Mormon women's group held a vigil in Utah on Sunday night as her former church leaders met to decide if she'll be ousted from her church.
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People don't get own planets in afterlife: Mormons
The Mormon Church is pushing back against the notion that members of the faith are taught they'll get their own planet in the afterlife, a misconception popularized in pop culture most recently by the Broadway show "The Book of Mormon."
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US appeals court: No halt to gay marriages in Utah
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that gay marriages can continue in Utah, denying a request from the state to halt same-sex weddings until the appeals process plays out.
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US bishop dresses as homeless man to teach Thanksgiving lesson to church members
Members of a Mormon congregation in the U.S. encountered someone they thought was a homeless man at church on Sunday.
