For my baptismal interview, I was asked if I kept the law of chastity with myself. I was confused, nervous, embarrassed. I slowly nodded. He said he had hoped I was too young to even know what masturbation was, but that “you never know.” I had been a victim of molestation as an even younger child, and my greatest fear for a long time was men. Being asked such questions at all was awful, never-mind being asked behind closed doors by my friend’s father. I’m a parent now and I can’t imagine ever thinking it’d be ok to ask my child’s friends sexual questions.
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