Original sentence: Compton, who contends that polygamy was a mistake for the Church, tried to document, using Utah LDS sources, at least thirty-three plural marriages or sealings during Smith's lifetime.Most believe that Smith began practicing a form of polygyny called celestial marriage (later called plural marriage) perhaps as early as 1833.One of the plural wives made an allegation that Smith had fathered one of her children, but this is disputed, as is the theory that Smith fathered children with some of his plural wives that were raised as though they were the children of their other husbands
Edited sentence: Compton, tried to document, using Utah LDS sources, at least thirty-three plural marriages or sealings during Smith's lifetime.It is indisputable that Joseph Smith practiced a form of polygyny called celestial marriage (later called plural marriage) perhaps as early as 1833.Many of the wives of Joseph Smith reported that Joseph consummated their union.One of the plural wives made an allegation that Smith had fathered one of her children