These are personal accounts of the negative consequences that inappropriate interviews have had on people.
I had a rough childhood. I was molested at age 5 by a stranger and grew up in an emotionally and physically abusive home. As a teenager I rebelled and sought freedom and love from outside sources. As a result, I ended up making bad choices. One night I snuck out with a group of…
My name is _____ ______. I am contacting you on behalf of Xxxxx, and her parents Yyyyy and Zzzzz. Xxxxx was sexually abused by her step-father, Qqqqq for over two years. He is a repeat offender, abusing his two younger sisters for years when Qqqqq was a teenager. Qqqqq has admitted guilt in a plea…
Growing up there was an elderly man in the ward who would always seek me out at church and grab my arm, and tell me I was beautiful. He’d consistently “bump” into me, and his hands would wander. When I was 14 I went to the church library to borrow a Book of Mormon, this…
Before I start, I want to make it clear that I am still a faithful member of the LDS church. I love and believe it with all of my heart. When I was 12 I went to apply for a temple recommend. The questions were pretty straight forward. I was asked many sexual questions such…
My first girlfriend and I started dating during high school. We quickly grew very passionate of one another and began sexually experimenting. My parents didn’t afford me a lot of privacy growing up, and they quickly became aware of some very intimate details of our relationship. My parents then shared these details with both my…
I masturbated as a child, like many children do, and didn’t learn the word for it until I was a beehive and given the “For the Strength of Youth” pamphlet. Realizing that I’d been doing something bad for as long as I could remember gave me a complex for years and years that bred shame…
When I was 19, I began college at BYU-I. I had reconnected with my high school sweetheart and we wanted to get married. The year before, I had been in a serious relationship with a different man and we had had sex. I didn’t have any issues or regrets from it but knew it would…
I’ve got two. Both of them bad. The first one happened when I was a brand new deacon in the church. I was 12 years old. I went into my very first meeting with the bishop. He asked the general questions such as, are you keeping the word of wisdom and are you paying tithing.…
I was being interviewed for my upcoming temple marriage by my bishop at BYU-I in 2011. My fiancé and I had gotten physical on numerous occasions (never had sex but close) and when I ended up confessing to him the only question I remember was “did you climax?”. I was so shocked and hurt by…
To preface my experiences-I am an active male member of the church and am currently in my thirties. I have a strong testimony concerning the gospel and it’s doctrine. I developed a strong testimony of Joseph Smith and the restoration in my youth which then helped me develop an unshakable testimony in my Lord and…