#472 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5
It took me reading so many stories to gather the courage to tell my own. While the suffering felt by all is incalculable, my story is nightmarish. When I was…
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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.
#473 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,7
When I was 15 we had a sleepover at our Mia Maids leaders home. We were in the basement with her two teenage sons. I had a crush on her…
#474 Caroline C. CS: 1
When I was at BYU, I was called into the bishop’s office. My bishop was a 60 something Orem raised seminary teacher. He had decades of experience interacting and counseling…
#475 Name Hidden. CS: 4. Other: Long lasting distrust of male authority figures
When I was 12 years old (F) I went to see my bishop for my first temple recommend interview. I was so excited! The bishop at the time was the…
#476 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
I will tell my story anonymously as it the internal and external impact Church teaching around sexuality and expectations of worthiness evaluations by Church leaders still impacts me substantially. If…
#477 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Other: Victim blaming
At age 13, I was sexually abused by a school teacher (LDS). When I finally worked up the courage to talk to my Bishop, he told me that I had…
#478 Vilate V. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
When I was a sophomore in high school I joined the Mormon church. I had been a member for 6 months when I joined a club at school, and was…
#479 Name Hidden. CS: 1,5,6,7,8,9,10
I was 12. I lived in an all American Ward (My Dad was stationed in Germany in the US ARMY), they just built the Frankfurt Temple. I was so excited…
#480 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8
I know this petition is aimed at ending one-on-one interviews with children, but these interviews can be damaging to adults as well. I’d like to see the practice changed altogether.…
#481 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
My first experience of sexual abuse was from a member of my bishopric when I was ten. He practiced ritualistic abuse using scriptures, twisted covenants, and his leadership position to…
#482 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8. Other: Confusion. unrelenting, unresolvable, baffling, confusion.
I grew up in the 70’s. My dad is mentally ill –probably a mix of Asperger’s (back when there was that), Bipolar, OCD, and PTSD. He’s never been professionally diagnosed.…
#483 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
I was sexually assaulted as a youth. The church teachings of no sexual relations before marriage caused me years of guilt and shame. At the time my good bishop told…
#484 Laurie S. CS: 1,2,3,6,7
I was sexually assaulted by a brother when I was 9 years old. I froze, didn’t know what was happening and was threatened that if I ever told it would…
#485 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9. Other: Gaslighting; feeling like I’m crazy because I’m told my abuse was a sin and not abuse
I was sexually abused as a child and as a teen. At my baptism interview, I remember feeling shame for the abuse, and this continued well into adulthood. After telling…
#486 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8
Hello, I am a 35 year old man. Gender, Sex, and Sexuality are important. They are as much a part of us as our arms and legs, heart, lungs, brain,…
#487 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Other: Eating Disorders
As a child I experienced repeated sexual abuse. I knew that I didn’t like what was happening to me, but I didn’t know exactly what it was and I didn’t…
#488 Lori D. CS: 1,2,3,7
I was sixteen when I was called into the Bishop’s office – I didn’t know why. You see, I grew up in a “non-mormon” home with an agnostic dad until…
#489 Val C. CS: 1,2,3,6,7
Hi my name is Val. I am 61 years old, been married for 39 years and the father of 5 sons. I am a victim of sexual abuse and the…
#490 Name Hidden. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Other: Loss of will to live and dying of a terminal illness.
Upon my son’s cancer diagnosis at age 15 he said he did not want to live. He said he was a bad person. He then recounted the many times his…
#491 Name Hidden. CS: 1,6
When I went to my bishop for the sealing recommend as required for a temple marriage the bishop gave me unsolicited sexual advice which included a lengthy speech on the…