When my husband was 13 years old he was asked by his bishop in a worthiness interview, “Do you masturbate?” He answered in the negative. Next question from the bishop, “Do you masturbate with friends?” My husband had no clue what that even was. At the young age of 13 he was essentially introduced to…
I was first groomed and raped at age 9 yrs old by my sister’s Sunday School teacher. My family were devout Mormons, and my parents were in marital turmoil with 4 small children. I did not “report” until I was in a facility at age 19 for attempted suicide. My parents then attempted to search…
I was 16 and had to go in for a temple interview. I carried an immense amount of guilt surrounding abuse I suffered at the hands of an older girl years ago. It subsequently had caused years of shame, guilt, and repetitive masturbation episodes to relieve stress when memories of what was done to me…
My bishop made me write an apology letter to the guy who sexually assaulted me as part of my church discipline for having been sexually assaulted. I had gone on a trip to visit my boyfriend’s parents in another state. My boyfriend and his parents were not LDS, but my boyfriend was pretty good at…