Can One Mormon Woman be Sealed to Two Men? - Rebecca Lucero Jones Pt. 2 | Ep. 2086

Nov 19, 2025

Rebecca Lucero Jones, a widow and academic, shares her profound journey navigating LDS temple sealing policies after losing her first husband. She discusses the emotional and spiritual turmoil of seeking a second sealing with her new husband, Adam, contrasted against the church's more lenient rules for men. Rebecca highlights the gender disparity in sealing policies and the discouragement it imposes on widows, ultimately reflecting on her personal deconstruction, her mixed-faith marriage, and her advocacy for change and support within the community.

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ANECDOTE

Meeting Love After Loss

Rebecca met her second husband while grieving and they became fast friends who dated despite risks.
They took a chance because losing Isaac made life feel precious and short.

INSIGHT

Gendered Sealing Inequity

Church policy lets men be sealed to multiple women but restricts women to one living temple sealing.
This gendered rule creates deep inequity and practical harms for widows.

ANECDOTE

Local Support, Paper Petition

Rebecca's local leaders supported applying for a sealing clearance even though the online system lacked a woman's option.
They proceeded via paper forms and wrote supportive letters to the First Presidency.

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In part two of this important series with Rebecca Lucero Jones, we explore the question: What happens when a Mormon widow tries to be sealed to two men? In the LDS faith, a man can be sealed to a second wife if his first wife passes away. But, as we will learn from Rebecca’s story, Mormon widows do not receive the same treatment.

After the death of her first husband, Rebecca describes what it was like to find a second chance at love and marriage. She then shares her experience requesting a “second-sealing clearance” from LDS Church leaders (in order to be sealed to her living husband), and what their ultimate response to this request was.

We also discuss how current policies complicate questions of the afterlife for these families. These policies leave widows feeling uncertain about their place in eternity and, in turn, often undesired by Mormon men who hope to avoid this existential confusion.

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