#231 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2
When I turned 12 I had my first interview with the bishop so I could become a deacon. He asked if I masturbated. I had never heard that word spoken…
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Legend for Consequences Suffered (CS):
- Inappropriate shame and guilt
- Childhood self-loathing
- Adulthood self-loathing
- Normalizing children to sexual questions by adult men. (Grooming)
- Sexual abuse. (Pedophilia)
- Impaired sexual relations after marriage.
- Years of recovery from childhood shaming. Often lasting decades.
- Suicide Ideation
- Attempted Suicide
- Suicide of a loved one or friend.
#232 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8
My bishop asked me if I engaged in masturbation when I was about 12-13. He told me I can’t have the spirit with me if I don’t confess. I denied…
#233 Austin B. CS: 1,3,6,7,8
I looked at pornography in high school. My dad got a confession out of me by lying to me and saying that he would drive me to mutual but instead…
#234 Carrie. CS: 1,2,3,7,8,9
The story that has impacted my life the most is my husband’s story. He and I met when he was 28 (I was 25) and it was basically love at…
#235 Heather S. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8. Other: Belief that sex of any kind is vile and evil.
Story #2. I was in 8th grade (13) when I had my first ecclesiastical interview. My uncle & his family had come from Seattle to do temple work, & he…
#236 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8. Other: Extreme anxiety
My story is nothing special. I didn’t look at pornography in my teens, but I woke up from a wet dream when I was 13 and reproduced it in the…
#237 Carter S. CS: 1,5,8,9,10
Attempted suicide multiple times as if you lust its as if you’ve already done it. and if a man lays with another man you are condemned. I was taught that…
#238 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
When thinking about my baptism, I remember a few things about that day, but there is one huge thing I think about that day. Guilt. Down right guilt. That’s all…
#239 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
I am only sharing this anonymously because there are other innocent parties involved from whom I have not received permission to share this story publicly. I wish I could. I…
#240 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3
I wasn’t a child when this happened, but I was still an impressionable, self-conscious young woman of 20. Starting a new semester at BYU, I was required to get an…
#241 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8
My (now adult) son suffered public shaming as a teenager because he was honest in his interviews with the bishop when asked if he masturbated. Numerous times after being ordained…
#242 Jeremy C. CS: 1,2,3,5,6,7
Growing up in Utah I was regularly asked about whether I touched myself (even how I did it, and where) by my bishop and the counselors. I think I was…
#243 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8
Like others here, I feel a little nervous to tell my story. Interviews starting when I entered Young Women’s. All I heard until I was actually kissing boys was whether…
#244 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8. Other: Lost opportunities due to shame filled “best dating years.”
When I turned twelve years old, it was time for my Aaronic Priesthood interview. Everyone seemed to be talking about it like it was a big deal. For me, it…
#245 Name Hidden. CS: 1,6
As a student at one of the Church’s universities I confessed masturbation to my bishop. I had slipped up a bit over the summer break. Prior to that I had…
#246 Natalie B. CS: 1,6
I was told to confess to my bishop that my boyfriend touched my breast. I sat uncomfortably in front of my bishop who is also my neighbor as he asked…
#247 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8
I didn’t even know what masturbation was until my bishop asked me. I lied because I was embarrassed and thought it was something I was supposed to know about. I…
#248 Maddie K. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8,9
I was 12 years old when I found out what masturbation was. I did not find out from the internet (not a thing at that time). I did not get…
#249 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
This happened more than 20 years ago. I was 11. My dad left us when we were young. My mom was an alcoholic and a prostitute. My family life was…
#250 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
I learned to masturbate as an infant. It was no big deal to me. I only did it while alone. I had sexual ideas and daydreams when I was a…