Mormons

Jewish QB Jake Retzlaff cleared of civil rape allegations, eyes transfer amid BYU’s consensual sex

With his legal case dismissed and a potential suspension looming, Retzlaff is now looking to continue his career elsewhere.

 A CIVIL lawsuit accusing BYU’s Jewish quarterback Jake Retzlaff of rape has been dismissed, though he now plans to transfer as he faces a possible seven-game suspension for violating the school’s honor code by admitting to premarital sex.
 Jake Retzlaff with a box of Manischewitz latke mix.

BYU’s Jake Retzlaff signs historic NIL deal with Manischewitz

 Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson addresses interfaith attendees at an Iftar feast during Ramadan hosted at the Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 15, 2017.

Religious faith bolsters hope and unity in family and beyond - study

 Illustrative image of a bible.

Bible banned in several Utah schools due to 'vulgarity and violence'


Mormon cult leader took 9-year-old daughter as one of 20 wives

Samuel Rappylee Bateman is a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and practiced group sex rituals with children while his followers watched.

 A member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, covers her face as she tells reporters about being separated from her four children outside of the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Texas April 24, 2008 (Illustrative).

Polygamy: Why is it illegal, what do religions think of it? - explainer

What is the point of polygamy and polyamory? Where are they legal? What does the Bible and other religions say about them? What are Israel's laws? Here's what you should know.

 Polygamy, the where one person is married to multiple spouses at the same time (Illustrative).

Why do the NBA's Utah Jazz, in the Mormon capital, play ‘Hava Nagila’ after wins?

For more than a decade, the Jazz have celebrated home victories by playing “Hava Nagila,” the Hebrew staple of Jewish weddings and bar and bat mitzvah parties.

 Fans watch the Utah Jazz play the Memphis Grizzlies in a 2021 playoff game at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, May 23, 2021.

James Jesse Strang - When fraud reigned in America

Strang is forgotten today, but in his time, he made front-page news across the nation and rivaled Brigham Young as a leader in the fast-growing community of latter-day saints.

A STATUE of James Jesse Strang rival Brigham Young, at the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City in 2002

After burying last victims, some in Mexico's Mormon community head north

The baby, Faith, was found unharmed in the bullet-riddled sport utility vehicle.

A soldier assigned to the National Guard keeps watches as a tow truck carrying the burnt wreckage of a truck, belonging to slain members of a Mexican-American Mormon family, is seen in Bavispe

Mexico: Gunmen kill U.S. Mormon family members in north Mexico

The victims belonged to the LeBaron family from a breakaway Mormon community that settled in the hills and plains of northern Mexico decades ago.

Yellow police tape lies on the road as federal agents work at a crime scene in the town in Mexico

Are Mormons posthumously baptizing Holocaust victims?

Among those reportedly baptized by the Church of Latter Day Saints are the Lubavitcher rebbe, Carrie Fisher's grandparents and relatives of three living presidents.

The Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)