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    Mormon church selects British man who converted to the faith as an adult for top governing body

    by Hannah Schoenbaum Dec 08, 2023 2 minutes
    Source: ©Scott G Winterton/Deseret News 2019

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday that a man raised in England who converted to the faith as an adult will be the newest member of its top governing body, filling a vacancy created when a member died last month.

    Patrick Kearon, 62, becomes the first new member since 2018 named to the Quorum of the Twelve church. Quorum members are under the church president and his two top counselors, and all 15 of those leaders are men in accordance with the all-male priesthood.

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