#764 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,8
I finally had the courage to confess my “sins.” I sat in the bishops office shaking, explaining that I had a messed up. He asked detailed, explicit questions that I…
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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.
#763 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,8
At BYU-Hawai’i, while a student, I came out as gay to my bishop. His response was to ask me detailed questions about what I liked to think about and imagine…
#762 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8
I have my own story of shame and acceptance of abuse instigated by inappropriate questions and shaming from a bishop when I was a teen but, today I’m sharing my…
#761 Name Hidden. Other: Scheidung, Depressionen…
lieber bro Sam, … wir, meine Frau, ich und unsere zwei kleine Kinder waren erst ein paar Jahren Mitglieder der Kirche LDS, auch mit Tempel Siegelung. davor hatten wir mit…
#760 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4,6,8
I was 21 when this happened, so I wasn’t a child except in the sense that my extremely conservative parents kept me purposely “innocent” without teaching me about sex or…
#759 Mike T. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
For my entire life, I was taught that obedience to counsel was of utmost importance. This teaching alone is dangerous. If the counsel reeks of guilt and shame, there is…
#758 Diane B. CS: 1,2,3,5,6,7. Other: PTSD
Was born and raised in the Mormon Church in Provo Utah. I have been questioned inappropriately by Bishops since age 8. When I was 12 years old, My Bishop’s name…
#757 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7
I accidentally discovered masturbation right after I turned 12, and I engaged in the act just one time. Shortly thereafter, the bishop told the parents of the ward that they…
#756 Name Hidden. CS: 6,7,8
Too much to share… decades of shame due to a couple of choices I made. The very thought of Bishop interviews give me anxiety. I always believed it was a…
#755 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,7,8
I was raised LDS and when I was 14 I felt I needed to talk to the bishop about my first sexual experience because I believed that God could only…
#754 Name Hidden. CS: 5
When I was 3 years old and finishing my last year in nursery before going to Sunbeams I can vividly remember a Sunday at church the has affected my life…
#753 Name Hidden. CS: 4
My story isn’t as destructive as some, but still disturbing as I think about my young age and where the conversation was allowed to go with myself, a 13-14 year…
#752 Laura WB. CS: 1,6. Other: Threatened marriage postponement
I was raised in the church, and while I didn’t always know if I believed it was the ONLY true church I did my best to follow its basic teachings…
#751 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
I was a teen in the 70’s, the days of bi-annual Bishop interviews. I was asked about masturbation every time. I hated those interviews, it was crushingly shaming. I’m furious…
#750 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10
Growing up I had a bishop who was just trying to do his best. I get it, we all want to please the Lord. However he took it across the…
#749 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,7. Other: Drug use
I was going to start this story at 16, but in truth it starts at 12. President Hinckley had come out with questions that he wanted father’s to ask their…
#748 Terese J. CS: 4
My first Bishops interview I remember being so nervous! He asked me ALL the questions, but when he asked me if I masturbated I was scared, nervous and confused… I…
#747 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8. Other: It in a way normalized the sexual abuse going on in my life already. It sort of set this ideal for men in my mind as being sexual deviants in a strange sort of way.
I can’t remember exactly how old I was I want to say, 12 or 13… I know is was quite Young. I was called into the bishops office for an…
#746 Thomas I. CS: 1,2
I have never been formally diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, but I have so many Aspie traits that I identify as one. I have been blessed with many wonderful leaders over…
#745 Collette L. CS: 1,2,3,4,6
Story #1 I was taken to a member of our stake presidency when I was 15 because my parents learned my boyfriend and I had “gone too far.” He asked…