Ailing Mormon apostle Robert D. Hales is in the hospital and will not attend this weekend’s General Conference sessions, the LDS Church announced Thursday.
The 85-year-old Hales “was admitted to the hospital several days ago for treatment of pulmonary and other conditions,” church spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a news release. “To permit their continued medical attention to Elder Hales, his doctors have determined that he should not participate in the church’s General Conference this weekend.”
Called to the apostleship in 1994, Hales has been in declining health for a number of years, delivering many of his conference sermons while seated instead of standing at a podium.