National
daily Trouw reports that several members of the Dutch royal family were
baptised by the Mormon Church after their deaths.
Queen
Juliana's funeral carriage
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The paper
writes that Queen Beatrix's parents, Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, and her
late husband Prince Claus were baptised posthumously. Trouw’s report is based
on secret data obtained from the Mormon Church’s global genealogical database.
Under the
laws of the Mormon Church members can only have their ancestors baptised
posthumously, but many Mormons ignore these rules and have others baptised as
well. The baptism of Anne Frank by Mormons sparked fierce protests from the
Jewish world.
Trouw
writes that Prince Claus was baptised in 2004 – two years after his death – in
the Brazilian city of Campinas. A spokesperson for the Mormon Church in the
Netherlands says the baptism was performed by “over-zealous members.”
The paper
does not say when or where Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard were baptised.
Trouw says that King Willem I, King Willem III, Queen Emma and Queen Wilhelmina
were also baptised by Mormons. The government information service has not
reacted to the baptisms.
The Mormon
Church has found itself in the spotlight recently because US presidential
hopeful Mitt Romney is a Mormon.
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