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John Curtis: “My great great grandmother met the missionaries and joined…”

Featuring: John Curtis, Republican | U.S. Senate Utah

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US Senator John Curtis' Story of Faith & Forgiveness

Published | Video Starts at 05:28

… and stop at the pub on the way home and spend often what little earnings he had and then would come home intoxicated and it was an abusive relationship. So My great great grandmother met the missionaries and joined the church. And that really angered my great great grandfather. He told her to get out of the house. And so she didn't think twice about that. She took the three children. One of those child children was my great grandfather and boarded a ship. (05:28–05:38)

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Asserts that [John Curtis's] great great grandmother joined the church, angering [his] great great grandfather.

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