Tonight, for the first time in 19 months I stepped foot in a bishop’s office. I had talked before hand with my son about what the “law of chastity” is so he could answer in the affirmative when he was asked if he knew what it is and if he was keeping it. I thought…
The night before the big news of the change of policy was released, my husband and I sent the following letter to our bishop: Hello Bishop. I wanted to reach out to you regarding my children. You no doubt have heard about the recent campaign to change the way our youth are interviewed. I assure…
Sam. There a few families down here in Tucson that really appreciate your work. We are all active and temple recommend holding families. We support you and your cause. Our bishops need protection, the church needs to protect the kids and the adults. Please keep the good fight going and let us know how we…
My 15 year old daughter was struggling with my divorce and some other issues. She had spoken to me about becoming sexually active and as a parent we decided to talk to her dad about it. Her dad took, forced, her right away to speak with the bishop and confess her sins. She refused to…
The fact that I am able to even submit a success story, is in and of itself, a success story in my opinion. My name is Tony Peterson. If you were following this movement 2-3 months ago, you would have seen interactions online between myself, Sam, and some of his followers that seemed quite contentious.…
Last week I was called to a position that requires interviews. I expressed my concern to the stk pres. about how interviews were conducted. I told him I would like to invite the parents to the interviews. He agreed that that would be ok. I told him about this site and that I thought there…
As branch president I have adopted a policy that all youth interviews will be done with another adult. I have included parents and youth leaders depending on the interview. So far it has been very positive. I have discussed the issue with my counselor in the branch presidency and some of the other branch leadership.…
In May of 2017 my daughter was due for a baptismal interview. I told the bishop in passing that I needed to be present for that interview. About a week later he asked me to meet with him, he had been thinking about my request. In that meeting I told him that in general I…
Growing up there was an elderly man in the ward who would always seek me out at church and grab my arm, and tell me I was beautiful. He’d consistently “bump” into me, and his hands would wander. When I was 14 I went to the church library to borrow a Book of Mormon, this…
Before I start, I want to make it clear that I am still a faithful member of the LDS church. I love and believe it with all of my heart. When I was 12 I went to apply for a temple recommend. The questions were pretty straight forward. I was asked many sexual questions such…