LDS Church Calls Netflix Series ‘Dangerously Misleading’

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is calling a newly released Netflix series “dangerously misleading.” “American Primeval” began streaming on Netflix this month and follows LDS pioneers enduring the American frontier during the Utah War of 1857. The series portrays the “Mountain Meadows Massacre,” where LDS members killed nearly 120 emigrants traveling to California. A statement from the LDS Church on the series reads, “Brigham Young, a revered prophet and courageous pioneer is, by any historical standard, egregiously mischaracterized as a villainous, violent fanatic.”