#512 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,6,7
Having to discuss masturbation and even asked questions about anal sex as a teenager. Asked my 9 year old convert daughter if she had homosexual relations or an abortion.
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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.
#513 Jennifer N. CS: 1,2,3,5,7,8
Long story short I was adopted and converted to the church. At age 4, I was already being sexually abused and raped. No one believed me and I had an…
#514 Sue Krupa Gray. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7
Brethren, I am writing to you today with hopes that my story will not fall on deaf ears. My name is Sue Krupa-Gray and I was a member for over…
#515 Name Hidden. CS: 4
I grew up in an inactive family. We attended church when my parents were trying to ‘get their lives together.’ When I turned 12, I was called in for my…
#516 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8. Other: Not the victim in the typical sense — Trigger — victims, please avoid this.
Trigger warning — I’m being honest and open where I never have before. If you have suffered from abuse, I caution reading this. Feel free to skip to the end…
#517 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7. Other: A event of child molestation not being reported
I need to think about this so I hope I can get back to this.
#518 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8
I love the church so much. I really really do. And it is because I love the church so much that I am supporting this cause. The experiences shared in…
#519 Danny M. CS: 1,2,4,6,10
Shame, shame and more shame on the LDS brethren. I have seen a great friend’s son commit suicide. The LDS church played a role. Shame on Joe Bishop. Shame on…
#520 L B. CS: 1,3,7
Because I had not been allowed to date before 16, when I finally did go on a date with a boy I had had a crush on for a very…
#521 Lori E. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
I went to a church university in the mid 1980s. I was super young and naive. I was also raped by my Family Home Evening Brother. We had been playing…
#522 David F. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8,10
A forum to tell my story? Really? I have been discounted and labeled a sinner by Mormon leadership and doctrine for so many years it’s impossible for me to believe…
#523 Carrie de A. CS: 1,3
In 1987 I was a single 19 year old BYU student. I can fairly confidently add that I was an intelligent, savvy, and questioning young woman, who, despite serious misgivings…
#524 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7
I was first asked by my bishop if I engaged in masturbation when I was 11-years-old, in a worthiness interview prior to be ordained a deacon. I had never heard…
#525 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7
I had grown up in the church from about age 9 but had not been baptized yet. My mother was not LDS but I lived with my father and step…
#526 Name Withheld CS: 1,2,4
I knew early on in high school I didn’t want to be a part of the LDS faith, but I continued to go for my parents. When I was 15,…
#527 Name Withheld CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8
When I was about 13-14 there was a lot of abuse in my home mainly from my parents to me. Now I know more information of classic abuse situations, I…
#528 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8,9
When I was in high school, I was raped by someone I trusted. At the time, I couldn’t comprehend what happened to me. I felt dirty and guilty for being…
#529 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,4,6,8
When I went to college I met a guy and began to date him. He told me that he looked at pornography and I didn’t really know what to do…
#530 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
I thought for a long time that I was alone in feeling that the interviews were damaging and shaming. This is the story of how my experience with Bishop interviews…
#531 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10
I’ll start from my earliest memories. I do not share this to brag. I do not share this to cause pain or hurt (although I’m sure it will do both).…