These are personal accounts of the negative consequences that inappropriate interviews have had on people.
I was interviewed by a member of the bishopric prior to going to the temple to perform baptisms for the dead. He asked me, as a 13 girl, if I masturbated. He seemed uncomfortable with the question but asked it anyway. I told him no, I didn’t think so, but I didn’t know what that…
I went to my bishop to “repent” after having sex with my boyfriend at the age of 17. I had to describe the entire experience to him, every detail. This felt VERY creepy. He then proceeded to tell me I would need to have a church court, that my parents would be notified and then…
I was asked by my bishop at age 12 about masturbation. Every priesthood advancement and youth calling interview following I was asked about masturbation.
When my 12 year old came home from a baptism for the dead interview she asked me what anal sex was. I asked her where she’d heard that and she said the bishop asked her if she engaged in it. The bishop said it was a problem with the youth so he was asking all…
The first time I was asked was when I turned 12. I didn’t know what it was and, as a late bloomer, the idea had not occurred to me. It sounded bad though, so I blurted out “No!” My less innocent best friend who was also turning 12 that week, filled me in. Fast forward…
As a middle child of 5, my parents never took it upon themselves to actually teach us about sex and inappropriate behavior. They just always said “don’t do it” and expected the church’s same guilting technique to keep up safe. When I turned 12 and was getting interviewed to go to the temple for my…
Every bishop that I can remember has asked me about masturbation, behind closed doors. When I was a teenager, I was told in a fireside meeting that no girl would want me, and my marriage wouldn’t last, if I masturbated. Due to this, I grew to hate my body and my genitals, and regularly engaged…
The first time I remember hearing the word masturbation and learning what it meant was in a priesthood worthiness interview when I was 12-14 years old.
When I was high school age, I had been involved in some sexual actions with a person of the opposite sex. Because of this, I felt Guilt and went to repent to my bishop. I was extremely uncomfortable, and it only got worse when he started probing for intimate details about how far we had…
Shortly after my Mormon family moved to La Grande, Oregon in 1971, my father told me that I had a meeting with the bishop. I was just fourteen, and I had never met the man. My father ushered me into his office. I had had an interview with a Mormon bishop in Pennsylvania, and it…