After nine people belonging to a Mormon offshoot community were killed in
Mexico this week, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a short statement expressing sympathy for the victims while clarifying that they didn't belong to the mainstream church.
Plural marriage was key during the faith's founding days, but the Utah-based church denounced it more than a century ago.
The victims' connection to Mormonism featured prominently in headlines this week about the drug cartel attack on a caravan of
American women and children living in Mexico, though there's no indication they were targeted for their religion.