I confessed to the bishop that I had been masturbating when I was 15 years old. His response was that he “didn’t know girls could do that,” and that there must be something abnormal about my sex drive. This haunted me for years because I assumed he knew what he was talking about. He also…
I was never sexually abused by a bishop. I was however sexually abused by various people including family members from the age of 5 until 13. After the abuse stopped at 13, when I would get scared at night, when my anxiety was so bad, I sometimes couldn’t sleep for days, I found myself masturbating…
When I was a sophomore in college I went to watch a movie with a foreign exchange student who lived in our appointment complex. I was hoping he would be my first kiss. He raped me halfway through the movie. I called the secretary of the singles ward I was in the next day and…
I could write a whole story about my experience, but I’ll just tell you what happened in the Bishop’s office. I was 18, living away from home in the college dorms. I was feeling guilty because my RM boyfriend and I had “gone pretty far”, not only that, but my BF would “go” even if…
Where do I even begin? My family is 5th generation Mormon. My lineage is through James Godson Bleak – of the Martin Handcart Co. My family, along with others who wanted to continue polygamy after it was banned in the U.S., moved to Colonial Juarez, Mexico to continue the practice of polygamy within the Mormon…
I was interviewed by a member of the bishopric prior to going to the temple to perform baptisms for the dead. He asked me, as a 13 girl, if I masturbated. He seemed uncomfortable with the question but asked it anyway. I told him no, I didn’t think so, but I didn’t know what that…
I went to my bishop to “repent” after having sex with my boyfriend at the age of 17. I had to describe the entire experience to him, every detail. This felt VERY creepy. He then proceeded to tell me I would need to have a church court, that my parents would be notified and then…
I was asked by my bishop at age 12 about masturbation. Every priesthood advancement and youth calling interview following I was asked about masturbation.
When my 12 year old came home from a baptism for the dead interview she asked me what anal sex was. I asked her where she’d heard that and she said the bishop asked her if she engaged in it. The bishop said it was a problem with the youth so he was asking all…
The first time I was asked was when I turned 12. I didn’t know what it was and, as a late bloomer, the idea had not occurred to me. It sounded bad though, so I blurted out “No!” My less innocent best friend who was also turning 12 that week, filled me in. Fast forward…