Holocaust Survivors Halt Talks with Lds

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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.

The rift follows a Nov. 3 meeting in New York between leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and members of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants. Three days later, LDS Church officials sent a letter to American Gathering honorary chairman Ernest Michel praising the "atmosphere of trust, honesty, and candor" of that meeting, and noting that, "What remains is to develop a mechanism to facilitate that mutual understanding by monitoring progress."

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Holocaust Survivors Halt Talks with Lds

Elder Lance B. Wickman of the Quorums of the Seventy said Monday the church was surprised and disappointed by Michel's "unilateral" ending of negotiations, stating that the church has "acted in...

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