When the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dropped a bombshell statement last November confirming that founder Joseph Smith was a polygamist, one faithful follower was shocked.
Leslie Peterson, a 60-year-old Mormon, had always dismissed the rumors about her faith's founder, and believed that those who spread them were engaging in anti-Mormon propaganda, which is what her spiritual advisors had told her. They were adamant that Smith had just one wife, Emma Smith.
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