While my story may not be as traumatizing as others shared in this movement, I feel that it is still worth sharing. During an interview for a temple recommend, I was asked the standard question about obeying the law of chastity. When I gave the answer that I was obeying, the bishop decided to press me further, asking things like if I had ever been touched by the opposite sex, taken my clothes off, etc. I feel now as an adult that it was extremely inappropriate for a man in his 50s to ask me, a 16-year-old girl, sexual questions behind a closed door. I felt ashamed and that I did something wrong since he didn’t seem to have believed me and was asking specific and embarrassing questions about my sexual experiences.
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