When I was in my late teens, I was called into the Bishop’s office, out of the blue, and interrogated for over one and half hours, regarding sexual acts that I knew nothing about. With each question the Bishop asked, I answered NO, as I was unaware of what he was talking about. I was living in Bountiful, Utah, at the time with my parents & was active in the church. FINALLY, after about an hour and a half, I told the Bishop, that apparently he was NOT getting the answers he was looking for, and that I had answered his questions HONESTLY, and I was leaving. I then went home to get a dictionary to LOOK UP some of the words that he used as I was SO INNOCENT AND UNAWARE OF ANY OF THESE PRACTICES. I had been sexually abused by an uncle for many years, but this line of questioning from the Bishop, did not make me feel safe to approach THIS subject with any BISHOP in the FUTURE. Needless to say the shame I felt, the guilt I felt was UNNECESSARY and the self loathing, over something that I WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR. I was 2 years old when the Uncle abuse began. THIS PRACTICE NEEDS TO STOP IMMEDIATELY..
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