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Warning: Sexually Explicit content.

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.

#482 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8. Other: Confusion. unrelenting, unresolvable, baffling, confusion.

I grew up in the 70’s. My dad is mentally ill –probably a mix of Asperger’s (back when there was that), Bipolar, OCD, and PTSD. He’s never been professionally diagnosed.…

#481 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

My first experience of sexual abuse was from a member of my bishopric when I was ten. He practiced ritualistic abuse using scriptures, twisted covenants, and his leadership position to…

#480 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8

I know this petition is aimed at ending one-on-one interviews with children, but these interviews can be damaging to adults as well. I’d like to see the practice changed altogether.…

#479 Name Hidden. CS: 1,5,6,7,8,9,10

I was 12. I lived in an all American Ward (My Dad was stationed in Germany in the US ARMY), they just built the Frankfurt Temple. I was so excited…

#478 Vilate V. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10

When I was a sophomore in high school I joined the Mormon church. I had been a member for 6 months when I joined a club at school, and was…

#477 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Other: Victim blaming

At age 13, I was sexually abused by a school teacher (LDS). When I finally worked up the courage to talk to my Bishop, he told me that I had…

#476 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8

I will tell my story anonymously as it the internal and external impact Church teaching around sexuality and expectations of worthiness evaluations by Church leaders still impacts me substantially. If…

#475 Name Hidden. CS: 4. Other: Long lasting distrust of male authority figures

When I was 12 years old (F) I went to see my bishop for my first temple recommend interview. I was so excited! The bishop at the time was the…

#474 Caroline C. CS: 1

When I was at BYU, I was called into the bishop’s office. My bishop was a 60 something Orem raised seminary teacher. He had decades of experience interacting and counseling…

#473 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,7

When I was 15 we had a sleepover at our Mia Maids leaders home. We were in the basement with her two teenage sons. I had a crush on her…

#472 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5

It took me reading so many stories to gather the courage to tell my own. While the suffering felt by all is incalculable, my story is nightmarish. When I was…

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

I am not comfortable telling everything, but I will say I was asked the following questions in an interview when I was 15 or 16 when I confessed to looking…

#470 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2. Other: Feeling incredibly far from the church and seeing the threat priesthood power is

I went to my bishop to ask for support as i filed a rape case against my rapist from 10 years prior. My bishop said i had to tell him…

#469 Renate S. CS: 1,2,3,5,7,8,9,10

I was thirteen or so when I was asked by a member of the bishopric if I touched myself. Of course, I lied. I barely knew this man. This was…

#468 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9. Other: Violation of privacy. Release of confidential information causing embarrassment, shame, and loss of a relationship. Edangerment of a child by tellin an abusive parent that child had told them of the abuse.

My story is four stories, and you may split them if you wish, or you may tell them together. So we will begin: The story of my mother. I will…

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