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A new general authority for the LDS Church is also a longtime lobbyist for oil, mining companies

(Courtesy of the LDS Church) Elder Jack N. Gerard was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on March 31, 2018, at age 60. He is also president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, a trade association for the oil industry — a post he will hold until August 2018.

(Courtesy of the LDS Church) Elder Jack N. Gerard was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on March 31, 2018, at age 60. He is also president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, a trade association for the oil industry — a post he will hold until August 2018.