Baptism for the Dead. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes that a dead person can be baptised by proxy, which means that a Mormon can be baptised on behalf of someone who has ...

The new restrictions also happen to keep watchdogs from searching church baptism records and exposing controversial baptisms that Mormon leaders have promised to block since 1995.

At a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Dallas, a group of young members spilled out of the building on a sunny afternoon and posed for photos in their wet hair after a baptism ...