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|S=I have read about a group of men (LDS) that went around castrating immoral men (who were also LDS) with the express permission of local church leaders. These events supposedly happened during the Brigham Young's administration. It is claimed that Brigham was aware of and approved of this and may have given the order. What can you tell me about this? I read that missionaries who selected plural wives from female converts before allowing church leaders to select from them first were castrated.
|L1=Question: Did Bishop Warren S. Snow forcibly castrate twenty-four-year-old Thomas Lewis?
|L2=Question: Was Thomas Lewis castrated because he wanted to marry a young woman who was desired by an older man as a plural wife?
|L3=Question: Was the castration of Thomas Lewis approved by Brigham Young?
|L4=Question: Other than the story of Thomas Lewis, are there other accounts of men being castrated by Mormons in the 1850s?
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{{:Question: Did Bishop Warren S. Snow forcibly castrate twenty-four-year-old Thomas Lewis?}}
{{:Question: Was Thomas Lewis castrated because he wanted to marry a young woman who was desired by an older man as a plural wife?}}
{{:Question: Was the castration of Thomas Lewis approved by Brigham Young?}}
{{:Question: Other than the story of Thomas Lewis, are there other accounts of men being castrated by Mormons in the 1850s?}}

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