I was molested by my stepdad in 1988 when I was 8 years old, told my family to get help with no avail. The abuse began to occur again in 1994-95 which included watching me bathe and change my clothes by holes drilled into the walls, doors and showers. I reported all of the abuse to my Bishop in 1995-96. My abuser, mother and I were sent to LDS family services where I received only 1 therapy session with my abuser in the room which I felt was wrong and unsafe. After that I received no more mental healthcare help and was never taken to the doctor or removed from the home. I chose to leave at the age of 16 and move in with another family. In 2015 I called the medical records dept of the church to get my sexual abuse records and I was informed they were destroyed. I feel like my story shows a history of systematic failure in the church leadership and how it was handled and systematic failure in my family were the abuse was ignored for years.
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