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A statue of Brigham Young stands in the center of Salt Lake City with the Mormon Temple spires in the background
George Frey
A statue of Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints stands in the center of Salt Lake City with the Mormon Temple spires in the background. The Mormon church has apologized for baptisms by proxy conducted for the parents of famed Jewish Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, calling it a "serious breach of protocol."