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John C. Bennett Antes de Nauvoo | Libro de la poligamia, una obra por autor: Gregory L. Smith
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Subida y caída de Bennett en Nauvoo |
It is claimed that the presence of a brothel in Nauvoo near the temple demonstrates the moral degeneracy of the Mormons. There was indeed a brothel in Nauvoo, however, it was operated by John C. Bennett, who tried to block legal action against it once the Mormons found out about it. It was disposed of when Bennett's actions were unmasked, and he left Nauvoo in disgrace vowing revenge.
John C. Bennett was not content with seducing the women of Nauvoo privately. Brigham Young later told him that "one charge was seducing young women, and leading young men into difficulty—he admitted it—if he had let young men and women alone it would have been better for him." [1] Young was essentially charging Bennett with encouraging or facilitating prostitution.
Taylor wrote,
John C. Bennett and a lot of them built an ill-fame house near the Temple in Nauvoo.... After they had built it, John C. Bennett and the Fosters,—I knew all their names at the time, they were the head men of it, after they got it built, they wrote on it in large letters what it was,—a sign declaring what it was, and what it was there for...." [2]
The Mormons were not amused, since "We could not get [to meeting] without passing this house and looking right at it, and one or two thousand people would go…[past it] on a Sabbath and they didn't feel very good seeing that house there with great big letters facing them." [3] After Bennett's departure, they "took the building, and put it on rollers; and there was a deep gully there, and they pitched the house into it." [4] While mayor, Bennett also reportedly tried to prevent the city council from disposing of a "house of ill fame." [5]
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