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The former Mormon who created a hacktivist website

By Ben Johnson and Danielle Stephens

April 28, 2017

“Our goal is to promote transparency within the Mormon Church,” said Ryan McKnight, creator of MormonLeaks, a website where users post information anonymously about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Above, a line of people wait outside the Provo City Center Temple. — George Frey/Getty Images

Ryan McKnight believed his church needed greater transparency.

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'Genies' head to Salt Lake City to grow family tree

July 17, 2013

Mormon Elder Fred Graham explains how LDS members use the Family History Library to research dead relatives and then baptize them at Temple. — Noam Eshel

Salt Lake City has become the genealogical capital of the world, and it's all because of Mormonism.

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