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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.

#542 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8. Other: Distrust of authority figures, especially men.

I had a rough childhood. I was molested at age 5 by a stranger and grew up in an emotionally and physically abusive home. As a teenager I rebelled and…

#541 Name Hidden. CS: 5

My name is _____ ______. I am contacting you on behalf of Xxxxx, and her parents Yyyyy and Zzzzz. Xxxxx was sexually abused by her step-father, Qqqqq for over two…

#540 Name Hidden. CS: 5

Growing up there was an elderly man in the ward who would always seek me out at church and grab my arm, and tell me I was beautiful. He’d consistently…

#539 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4

Before I start, I want to make it clear that I am still a faithful member of the LDS church. I love and believe it with all of my heart.…

#538 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2

My first girlfriend and I started dating during high school. We quickly grew very passionate of one another and began sexually experimenting. My parents didn’t afford me a lot of…

#537 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3

I masturbated as a child, like many children do, and didn’t learn the word for it until I was a beehive and given the “For the Strength of Youth” pamphlet.…

#536 Kimber C. CS: 1,3

When I was 19, I began college at BYU-I. I had reconnected with my high school sweetheart and we wanted to get married. The year before, I had been in…

#535 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4

I’ve got two. Both of them bad. The first one happened when I was a brand new deacon in the church. I was 12 years old. I went into my…

#534 Cassie B. CS: 1,2,4,6

I was being interviewed for my upcoming temple marriage by my bishop at BYU-I in 2011. My fiancé and I had gotten physical on numerous occasions (never had sex but…

#533 Name Withheld CS: 1,2,4

To preface my experiences-I am an active male member of the church and am currently in my thirties. I have a strong testimony concerning the gospel and it’s doctrine. I…

#532 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8

When I was 12 or 13 we had a youth caroling activity where the young men and young women rode on a trailer on hay bells with blankets to keep…

#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).…

#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…

#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…

#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…

#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…

#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,…

#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…

#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…

#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…

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