#442 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6
When I was 17 years old, I went to my bishop to repent for having sex with my boyfriend. My bishop asked for explicit details about what I had actually…
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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.
#441 Colleen Payne D. CS: 1,4
I was raped my first semester at BYU. My on-campus bishop was the one person I told of my experience, in desperate hopes to obtain some sort of peace for…
#440 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
I’m deeply saddened reading these stories. Although mine isn’t on the severity scale as some of those on here, I think the church needs to know that this happens everywhere.…
#439 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9
There is so much. I can not write it all. I was beaten for masturbating. I was snuck up on if my bedroom door was closed or in the shower…
#438 Name Withheld. CS: Other: Some distress and also mistrust of leaders
I do not have a terrible story to report. However, I have twice as an adult been asked inappropriate sexual questions that left me feeling disturbed and confused. Children should…
#437 Name Hidden. CS: 1
When I was a member of the church, I was 28 years old, single and was a recent convert. For the members, I was old. So, they were always offering…
#436 Allen M. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8,9
I was asked specifically at 13 if I masturbate (had never heard the term before), and if I watched pornography (had heard the word, but didn’t know what it meant.…
#435 Sadie W. CS: 1,2,3,7,8,9
My story begins at 2 or 3 years old when I was molested multiple times by/with the permission of a woman in her home during “daycare”. My mother, instead of…
#434 Name Withheld CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
My name is Julie. At the time of this writing I am 34 years old. I was born and raised in Utah within the Mormon church. I come from a…
#433 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,7,8
***Sam, thank you for your hard work, selfless service, dedication to protect our children. I don’t know if this counts but I believe my bishop could have stopped the sexual…
#432 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9. Other: General inability to function constructively in interpersonal relationships
Dear Mr. Young, March 22, 2018 I only recently discovered your work yesterday—your website, and stories of LDS children abused by ecclesiastical interviews. I glanced briefly at the headers for…
#431 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,8,9
I am a very active member of the LDS church. I served as a young women’s leader. During the time I served, a couple of the young women I had…
#430 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4. Other: Spiritual Abuse
I converted to the church at the impressionable age of 16. My parents did not go to the church and they had no knowledge of what was asked during bishop…
#429 Ashley S. CS: 1,2,7. Other: Trust issues with authorities
When I was 9 years old, I was molested by a boy who lived in my neighborhood. I told my parents right after it happened. My parents got the boy…
#428 Erin W. CS: 1,2,3,5,7,8
My father physically/sexually abused, neglected, and abandoned his children, with no remorse. When this was brought to the attention of multiple bishops and stake presidents, his vehement denial was all…
#427 Alissa P. CS: 1,2,5,8
I was molested by my stepdad in 1988 when I was 8 years old, told my family to get help with no avail. The abuse began to occur again in…
#426 Name Hidden. CS: 1,7
I was a very dedicated member of the church as a youth. I didn’t do anything that would lead to me talking to the Bishop other than my annual meeting.…
#425 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,6,7
I haven’t really discussed this with anyone before. However, I have been following your movement and it has sparked memories of being ask questions about masturbation during bishop interviews in…
#424 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
I went to my bishop as a teenager for help navigating trauma from childhood physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. He connected me to some resources and was an empathetic and…
#423 J Adams. CS: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Beginning when I was 9 years old, I had an older brother that repeatedly tried to coerce me into playing sexual games with my 7 year old sister. I was…