#784 Jerold G. CS: 1,2,3,7,8
I remember having so much anxiety about meeting with the bishop that I would throw up before I met with the bishop. In my mission interview my stake president asked…
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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.
#783 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,5
When I was around 11, I had a soccer coach, I was a strong athlete with hopes of going on to play in college. I was one of the best…
#782 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4. Other: Encouraged not to report rape, impaired decision of parents, caused shame and trauma for selfish reasons.
I know you are going through a tough time right now Sam, so I wanted to tell you how you have helped my little family in a way that wouldn’t…
#781 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
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…
#780 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,8
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…
#779 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
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…
#778 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4,7
When I was 13-14 I came in for my annual interview with one of the counselors in my bishopric. The counselor was probably in his 60s and he was not…
#777 Sarah H. CS: 1,4
I have three stories with the same bishop. My first experience was the baptismal interview for my daughter in 2017. I informed him that I was not ok with her…
#776 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4,8
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…
#775 Ryan. CS: 1,2,3,7,8,9
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…
#774 E.M. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
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,…
#773 Leah S. CS: 1,4
When I was 12 I had a “worthiness interview” from my local Bishop to enter the temple. He asked me explicit questions about my chastity. In particular, he asked if…
#772 Andy A. CS: 1,3,8
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.…
#771 Name Withheld. CS: 1,4,6
As a 15 year old young woman, I had a boyfriend that was sexually and emotionally abusive. It took me a long time to get out of the relationship because…
#770 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8. Other: Repeated self harm as part of guilt
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…
#769 Name Hidden. CS: 1
I was a naive 19 year old attending Ricks College in Rexburg Idaho and feeling guilty after a makeout session with my boyfriend which involved him touching my breasts. No…
#768 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,8
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…
#767 Tate. CS: 1,3. Other: Loss of trust
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…
#766 Taylor R. CS: 1,3,4,6
I was a sophomore attending BYU. I believe my Bishop was a good man with good intentions. He was merely following the inappropriate interview guidelines given to him. I was…
#765 Katy K. CS: 1,2,3,4,7
I grew up in the church. I vividly remember sitting through a Young Women’s lesson one Sunday when I was 15 or 16. The lesson was on chastity. Our well…