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Article: MORMON CHURCH SAYS IT WON'T DISAVOW STATEMENTS.(News)

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May 19, 1998
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Leaders of the Mormon Church denied a report in yesterday's Los Angeles Times that said they're preparing to disavow racist statements and doctrines promulgated by past church leaders.

For more than 100 years, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints denied black men the right to be priests. That changed in 1978 when church leaders said a revelation from God granted that right to all men.

The Times reported ...

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