I was asked multiple times if I masturbated and then he explained how bad it is and the addictive nature of it. I denied it but felt guilty for years until I attempted to take my life 2 seperate times. Finally I admitted to my bishop that I masturbated and what he said didn’t make…
I started masturbating when I was 12. I didn’t know what it was until I found the definition in a health book. It explained that masturbation was a natural thing that most people did, it was normal and even healthy. That definition SAVED ME. Later on I learned that it was a sin that needed…
Summary of the following story: I was groomed by my church leaders all growing up to be deceived by a pervert (another Bishop) and I thought all that happened to me was completely normal. I have decided to leave the church for any reason just pick one. I do know that I am not the…
I have one story. I am currently an active temple recommend holding member of the church. I served a mission in California. Before my mission, there were sexual sins I had committed at 17 years old. I had gone through the repentance process with a bishop, and my Mom luckily was there with me the…
I was born and raised in your standard LDS home. To give some background, I’d been through the standard public education sex-ed class and had been taught a little about sex and puberty by my mother when I was ten. I’d been taught nothing of masturbation but had already inadvertently discovered it, though I didn’t…
I was the most innocent teenager growing up in the mission field in an orthodox family. I was best friends with the Bishop’s daughter who was boy crazy. I wasn’t, mostly because at that age the boys had not caught up to my height or emotional maturity. One night the bishop’s daughter wanted to sneak…
My story may not apply here, as it happened as an adult. As my fiancé and I prepared for our temple marriage we struggled to keep the rules of morality. We crossed a few boundaries, and I saw the bishop to repent. He threatened me with disciplinary council, and to withhold my temple recommend. I…
My youth leader took a different route. One day in Deacon’s quorum he asked all of us “Do you know what jacking off is?” He sort of made a hand motion to kind of give us the idea. When no one really replied, he said, “Well, don’t do that”. Seems maybe harmless? But we got…
When I was freshly out of high school I was sexually assaulted. I hadn’t been active in the church in sometime but thought maybe a bishop could help give me guidance, or that I could find comfort and support in the church. When I met with my Bishop and explained what happened to me, he…
While my story is not nearly as horrible as others on here I’ll tell mine to help add to this book. I was 18 and had a girlfriend. We did what every normal teenage couple did and went a little too far. Nothing too serious mind you but I felt racked with guilt. I thought…