#502 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,5,7,8
To tell my story I have to include some back story. When I was a child, probably 4th grade I was sexually assaulted. This is something I am still coming…
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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.
#501 Jenny F. CS: 1,2,7
When I was 16 years old, I met with my bishop to confess some sexual sins I had committed with my boyfriend. I felt horrible and wanted to start on…
#500 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7. Other: fear of damnation
It was my first temple trip as a new Beehive. Back then before the Albuquerque temple was built, the nearest temple to my small town in New Mexico was Dallas,…
#499 Trevor C. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
Protect LDS Children: My Story, Trevor Cobb, March 25, 2018 Around 1992-1993, when I was a deacon in Olney, Maryland, my mom caught me looking at a Playboy in the…
#498 Name Hidden. 1,2,3,4,6,7,8. Other: Fear/High anxiety of Leadership interviews, and Church attendance, job interviews, Therapy, Psychiatry appointments, and Doctor’s appointments alone.
The earliest I have a memory of abuse was at the age of 6. At age 7, I remember preparing for baptism, I was excited, I…
#497 Name Hidden. CS: n/a
This makes me so grateful for my Bishop after reading these stories. I’ve always sat in on my son’s interviews with the bishop because my son is shy and feels…
#496 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8
My story has roots going back stemming from before I was born but I don’t think it is my place to tell them right now. My personal story mostly begins…
#495 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Many years ago during a family trip to San Francisco where we walked across the Golden Gate Bridge, 11-year-old me stopped and peered down into the still, gently swirling water…
#494 Brittany D. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8.
To begin, I will say that I was three when a man first took away my sexual agency. My father, a pedophile, showed me porn that included Rape, origies, and…
#493 Amanda M. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
When I was 14 I reported my rape to my bishop. Except since I was 14 I didn’t know it was rape. I wasn’t even really sure what happened. My…
#492 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8. Other: impaired sexuality even still 15 years later/unable to feel confident and free of shame for my body and it’s normal healthy functions; I based my entire adult and sex life on how others *might* view me, instead of what I want and need for myself in that private & personal part of my life–which is NO ONE ELSE’S BUSINESS!!
I was born into the LDS church, raised and lived my whole life in the heart of LDS country, Utah County. There’s no escaping the influence of LDS church because…
#491 Name Hidden. CS: 1,6
When I went to my bishop for the sealing recommend as required for a temple marriage the bishop gave me unsolicited sexual advice which included a lengthy speech on the…
#490 Name Hidden. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Other: Loss of will to live and dying of a terminal illness.
Upon my son’s cancer diagnosis at age 15 he said he did not want to live. He said he was a bad person. He then recounted the many times his…
#489 Val C. CS: 1,2,3,6,7
Hi my name is Val. I am 61 years old, been married for 39 years and the father of 5 sons. I am a victim of sexual abuse and the…
#488 Lori D. CS: 1,2,3,7
I was sixteen when I was called into the Bishop’s office – I didn’t know why. You see, I grew up in a “non-mormon” home with an agnostic dad until…
#487 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Other: Eating Disorders
As a child I experienced repeated sexual abuse. I knew that I didn’t like what was happening to me, but I didn’t know exactly what it was and I didn’t…
#486 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8
Hello, I am a 35 year old man. Gender, Sex, and Sexuality are important. They are as much a part of us as our arms and legs, heart, lungs, brain,…
#485 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9. Other: Gaslighting; feeling like I’m crazy because I’m told my abuse was a sin and not abuse
I was sexually abused as a child and as a teen. At my baptism interview, I remember feeling shame for the abuse, and this continued well into adulthood. After telling…
#484 Laurie S. CS: 1,2,3,6,7
I was sexually assaulted by a brother when I was 9 years old. I froze, didn’t know what was happening and was threatened that if I ever told it would…
#483 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
I was sexually assaulted as a youth. The church teachings of no sexual relations before marriage caused me years of guilt and shame. At the time my good bishop told…