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Originally Posted by eddly
This is what I was told growing up as well, but it isn't quite true. Some of the prophets and apostles were married to women who already had living husbands. This issue led to Parley P. Pratt's death as the husband of one of Pratt's new wives was not that pleased that he had taken his wife. Info like this can be easily found on wiki and other reputable sites.
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I recall hearing about this and other incidents where husbands (both abusive and not) had abandoned their wives when they found out they had converted to the LDS Church. I am not aware if they managed to get legal divorces at the time or if they even had them available to them or not at the time. So your claim that multiple men were legally married to the same woman may in fact be correct. However I do consider the situation involved and personally do not condemn them for their actions.