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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.

#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…

#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…

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…

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