John C. Bennett and plural marriage at Nauvoo/Brothel at Nauvoo

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John C. Bennett and plural marriage at Nauvoo: Brothel at Nauvoo near the temple?

Summary: Bennett had a brothel, and some have claimed that the Mormons' tolerance of it illustrates their moral depravity. In fact, the Saints destroyed the brothel and ultimately excommunicated Bennett for this and related acts.

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• Question: Was there a brothel in Nauvoo near the temple?

1. Question: Was there a brothel in Nauvoo near the temple?

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Source(s) of the criticism—John C. Bennett's brothel in Nauvoo

Critical sources

Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 269. ( Index of claims )

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