#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…
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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.
#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…
#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…
#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…
#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…
#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…
#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…
#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…
#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…
#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…
#564 Tara T. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Other: Ritualistic Abuse and Mind Control
I am a Therapist-Survivor of ritualistic abuse and mind control, that involved at least two of my bishops as perpetrators, and two of my stake presidents. The document below is…
#565 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,7,8
From the time I was 12 to 15, when I moved to another town, I had rumors spread about me by other girls in my ward. I was just starting…
#566 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,4,7
Growing up in the LDS church I was always compared to my older sister, she was the perfect mormon girl and I was just me, so because of that I…
#567 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8
I feel hurt and betrayed. I gave my heart and soul to this church and the lack of boundaries and policies and teachings around immorality/chastity/modesty/worthiness interviews of this institution have…
#568 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8. Other: Anxiety, depression, ptsd symptoms
I felt like my mind and my body were never my own. I was property of the church. My mind, body, identity, worthiness, and authority were taken from me through…
#569 Terrel C. CS: 1,2,4,7
When I was 14 or 15 years old my mother caught me with pornography. It happens. Because of my LDS upbringing I was terrified and I thought my life was…
#570 Isaiah B. CS: 1,2,3,4,8,9
I was raised a Mormon. My mother was born in Utah. I had very strict grandmother and I felt pressured to speak about my masturbation habits and my porn watching. …
#571 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,8
I didn’t have it as bad as many others have recounted as horrors during interviews. However, I had developed clinical depression at the time when it really wasn’t recognized for…
#572 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8,9
I can’t remember certain aspects of my early childhood. This is important, because my biological father allegedly molested or abused my sister and I. We were only 2 or 3…