#563 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7
I was 12 years old when I started masturbating. I felt like the scum of the earth. I don’t know how to describe how much guilt and self loathing that…
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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.
#562 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7. Other: PTSD, acute anxiety
I was 15, in the early 2000’s in Riverton, Utah. I had been the Mia Maids president and extremely active in the LDS Church since my childhood. My rapist was…
#560 Name Withheld CS: 1,2,3,4,7
I was browsing my Facebook and to my dismay I saw a post from my daughter. We had never discussed this Protect LDS children issue, but there she was sharing…
#559 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Please reach out to any teen mothers that have had to deal with the church, I’m positive there are more victims of other members. They condition these girls to feel…
#558 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Other: Ritualistic abuse and mind control
I will share with you, reader, a story of a girl. This girl experienced a lifetime of sorrows from as young as three, maybe even younger, as memories still return…
#557 Joe. CS: 1,2,3,4,8.9
I first learned about masturbation when I turned eleven, from my bishop, who happened to be my dad. He had a private talk with me in my bedroom one evening…
#556 Joanna C. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
My name is Joanna C. and I am ready to go fully public about the lifetime of abuses through the mainstream Mormon Church and the fundamentalist sects of the church…
#555 Name Hidden. CS: Other: Fear of looking unworthy
When I was 17 years old I was sitting in Young Women class. I got pulled out of the class without my moms knowledge to talk to the bishop behind…
#554 Robbie S. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8
I had a great childhood with really supportive, loving parents and kind church leaders. I also struggled silently with the shame and guilt that came from worthiness interviews. Up to…
#552 Crystal L. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8,9
I grew up in an abusive household where I was regularly subject to physical, emotional and mental abuse. One day when I was 12, I was experimenting with myself not…
#551 Name Hidden. CS: 1,7,8,9
When I was 15, one of my brothers friends forced me to touch them and do things that I never would have dreamed to do. I tried to run away…
#550 Name Hidden. CS: 2,7,8,9
I was sexually abused every week by my teenage brother from the age of 4 until 8. The week after my baptism I finally got the nerve to tell him…
#549 Emily. CS: 1,2,4,7
When learning about this campaign and the way that so many people have been treated, I can’t help but think how lucky I am. I didn’t grow up in Utah,…
#548 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,6,7,8. Other: Spouse had an affair with one of our bishops and it led to our divorce.
Nearly twenty years ago, a bishop that had been an explorer adviser in a ward I grew up in, had told my parents that I was not good enough and…
#547 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4. Other: Permanently left the Church, and I am not raising my kids Mormon. I would never subject my kids to this kind of guilt and shame.
Dear leaders of the LDS Church, I am from Sandy Utah and I was raised Mormon (12th Ward of the Granite Stake). Starting at age 12 I felt a lot…
#546 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,8,9
When I was applying to BYUH, I had the Stake President ask me if I obeyed the law of chasity. I replied yes. Then he asked if I was a…
#545 Vicki M. CS: Other: Called stupid in Sunday School 3rd grade class
It took years and half way through my PHD program to realize I am smart! Enjoy my LTE to today’s Trib front page article. 179 Words McKenna Denson. “Accuser seeks…
#544 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7. Other: What you tell in the Bishops Office doesn’t stay in The Bishop’s Office. Bishops and Other Church Leaders do not Respect your right to Privacy, and they DO ABSOLUTELY Tell MANY other people of their own Choosing, NOT YOURS.
I was born in 1950’s, growing up in Salt Lake Valley. In 1964 at the age of 13, the Bishop came to our Deacon’s Quorum meeting as a “Special Guest…
#543 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8
When I was about 16 years old, I remember my bishop called our class of 20+ people to get there temple recommends. We had to all line up in the…