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Warning: Sexually Explicit content.

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.

#804 Name Withheld. CS: 1,3,4

I have shared one story here so far but I have more, my own and second hand. It is terrible that such a policy is enacted through good men who…

#803 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8. Other: I’m now filled with a fury all of the time.

Hello, Sam, If I were in your ward, if I were your friend, I’d stand beside you and witness that you are quite certainly the most selfless person that I’ve…

#802 Istrea G. CS: 1,3,4,7,9. Other: Unable to have a normal relationship with a man until I was 45 years old.

My name is Istrea Ann Guest. I was born a 6th Generation Mormon on my Mother’s side of the family. James Campbell Livingston is my Great, Great, Great Grandfather and…

#801 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6

My bishop at the time was a family member… I was 11 at the time… it was a Sunday afternoon we were at home we were a few members families…

#800 Faith B. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8

When I was 14 I felt the need to repent for being raped by my 18 year old friend. During the interview, I was asked which positions were performed, what…

#799 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4,7

I grew up in an LDS home where my parents taught me to honor and respect priesthood leaders. As a teenager, I never dated and felt a bit insecure but…

#798 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4,6

When I was 13, my bishop asked me if I masturbated. I didn’t know what that was at the time, since sex was a prohibited topic in my household growing…

#797 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,4,7,8

When I was 14 years old the youth of our ward took a trip to the temple to perform baptisms for the dead. My dad was the bishop and conducted…

#796 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3

When I was 15, I was raped by a 22 yr old man at a house party. I became pregnant from that encounter. I had been going down the wrong…

#795 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8

The amount of shame and unbearable guilt I felt as an innocent teenager caused permanent damage due to this line of sexual questioning and incorrect doctrine. I also remember the…

#794 Tracy T. CS: 1,3

I have memories of my childhood bishop interviews that make me uncomfortable, but the one that stands out to me the most was when I met with my bishop before…

#793 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7

I was asked if I masturbated before I knew what is was and before the thought had occurred to me. I was 13. It sounded bad, so I stammered out…

#792 Elizabeth J. CS: 1,4

As a Beehive I had to attend a worthiness interview with the bishop. It was probably an interview prior to a temple trip to perform baptisms for the dead. I…

#791 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6

I was born into and raised in another church. I was baptized as an infant, received my first communion, went through catechism, and was confirmed as a member of that…

#790 Jennifer M. CS: 1,2,3,7,8,9. Other: I lived my life thinking I was almost as bad as a murderer.

When I was 16 I had been dating someone for awhile. It was standard to have a bishop’s interview to get a dance card and stuff. I went in to…

#789 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8

It wasn’t until I was 40 that I realized the damage Mormon bishop interviews had played a part in my life. By all accounts I am a successful and happy…

#788 Amber A. CS: 1. Other: Became physically sick from a Bishop’s interview and suffered nose bleeds.

I am an active member of the Church, who served a mission and is sealed in the temple. I have faithfully served my whole life but unfortunately personally know of…

#787 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4,5

To cut a long and painful story short, my bishop who was a dear friend of my father would ask me directly “Do you masturbate?” He would ask frequency, how…

#786 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,7

Aside from the invasive interview questions. I was asked such questions out of the interview senario (casual talk questions). I remember I was about 13 and I was waiting for…

#785 Allred. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Other: In addition to my own story here, my sisters have endured similar abuse by church leadership – including being sexually assaulted by the bishop in President Monson’s ward where my family lived for almost 20 years. Too many of the men in my family have been taught that this is normal and acceptable behavior, and have perpetuated abuse, and guilt/blame toward us women in the family. I could go on with countless horror stories within my own family, but suffice it to say – the trauma has affected us since our family began, and still causes us struggles as a family today.

I was 15 years old when my biological father raped and sodomized me over 130 times for a period which lasted nine long months. I had been kicked out of…

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