#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…
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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.
#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…
#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…
#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…
#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…
#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.
#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…
#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…
#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…
#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…
#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.
#511 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4,6
When I was 13, my family was not active in the church. Our bishop did, however, reach out to my parents encouraging an interview since I was at a “vulnerable…
#510 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,7,8
I am an active member of the church. When I served my mission, a man broke into me and my companions apartment. He held a knife up to my neck…
#509 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Other: Foundational damage to my testimony of the truthfulness of the Gospel and the LDS Church.
I was sexually abused by family members (aunts and cousins) and babysitters from my earliest memory (as a toddler). One such abusive event actually resulted in my drowning death but…
#508 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8
I first discovered masturbation around 6 years old. I had no idea there was anything wrong with it and I simply called it “getting butterflies”. I remember at 8 being…
#507 Name Withheld. CS: 5
As a teenager, one Bishop always had me sit on his lap after the door was closed. I didn’t question it because I was naive and had been taught to…
#506 Matthew B. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8. Other: Depression and impairment in social and professional environments.
I masturbated only once (yes, ONCE) as a young man growing up in the Church. I was 14 years old. I didn’t really understand what I was doing or feeling,…
#505 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4. Other: Poor trust, lack of confidence
I thought I just couldn’t remember things clearly. I questioned myself. I thought I had heard the questions wrong. But I didn’t Sixteen and alone with a man of authority,…
#504 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7
When I was twelve years old a male leader came to our Sunday School class. One by one, he took each child out of class to have a talk with…
#503 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7. Other: Distrust of Leaders
I didn’t know what masturbation was until I was a teenager, but found out that I had been doing it since I was six on an off again. At young…