This happened in Marseille, France approximately in 1969. I was being interviewed by my Branch President for a Patriarchal Blessing. I was 18/19 years old at the time. After asking if I had any sexual activities of any kind (I do not remember the specifics) I was asked if I ever had any sexual intercourse with animals. At that time, I had the highest regard for this branch president, and I swallowed it. Looking back, I now consider this not only inappropriate but absolutely outrageous. I was not living at home at the time, otherwise I would have confided in my mother. Being herself a 100% convinced Mormon, I cannot tell you how she would have reacted. I left the Mormon Church sometime in 1971/1972 and I have never regretted it. Now my whole family in France in still in that church and although they still accept me they are still completely faithful to this belief.
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