#714 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7
Mine is a story of abuse. Not from a bishop but from a mormon dad who rose in the levels of mormon leadership because he did things like eloquently pray.…
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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.
#715 Name Hidden. CS: 5. Other: Frustration towards church leaders in how they handle cases of childhood sexual abuse.
My stepfather sexually abused my sisters and I when we were younger. I hid the fact, until 5 years later. I wanted to heal from the abuse, and for the…
#716 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,5,6,7
The following is my personal story of childhood abuse and how church leadership concealed and diminished its significance. It is long. I come from a large Mormon family. I was…
#717 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8,9
I grew up in the same ward as a lot of my Facebook friends. We all had the same Bishops and ward leaders and I am so grateful to those…
#718 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4
My daughter at age 12 was being interviewed alone in the bishops office and asked if she masturbates and asked if she kisses girls. (An adult male asked my 12…
#719 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,5
During one of my worthiness interviews while I was a teenager, my bishop informed my that my best friend and I were too close, and that people were talking. He…
#720 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4
I was 14 when I moved into a new ward. I was as innocent as they come. My bishop called me in for an annual birthday interview. The topic of…
#721 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
When I was 15 I had an almost 18 year-old boyfriend. He tried to force things on me and sometimes had the upper hand He tried to go too far…
#722 Marianne F. CS: 1,2,3,7,8. Other: anxiety
I admitted to premarital sex as a teenage girl. I did this willingly because I was told it was the right thing to do and I believed it. The whole…
#723 Jennifer H. CS: 1,6
I remember sitting in my bishops office at the age of 16. I had lost my virginity to my high school sweetheart. We decided to stop having sex so that…
#724 Carrie CS: 1,3
When I was 23 I was a recent BYU grad, still living in BYU housing (thus in a BYU ward), and in graduate school (not BYU). I also had a…
#725 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4
I was 15. I had just moved across the country and had been struggling to adjust. I turned to the gospel with faith for support during this challenging time. I…
#726 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,5,7
I was abused by my stepdad during my teen years. Im not sure of the callings at the time but he had been Elders QP, on the branch presidency etc.…
#727 Tara T. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Other: Eating disorder for 15 years, postpartum anxiety and depression
My story is difficult for many to believe, but I have spent many years healing and finding evidence to validate to myself that it is true and many of my…
#728 Sarah R. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
I am a convert. I was born and raised into a catholic family on both sides. I was introduced to the church at 15 and soon desired to be affiliated…
#729 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4,6,7
When I was 13 or 14 years old, I was asked by my bishop if I had ever masturbated. I felt a terrible sense of shame, because I had masturbated.…
#730 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,6
I joined the church as a 21-year-old woman who had been sexually active prior to joining. After my baptism I struggled with masturbation. I went to my YSA branch president…
#731 Kristine D.K. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Other: PTSD, anxiety, persistent nightmares
Around my eighth birthday I was excited to be baptized. The plan was my father would baptize me. Both he and my grandfather would be there on Sunday for confirmation.…
#732 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,6,7,10
When I was 16, I had sex with my boy friend, my bishop at the time told me that no worthy return missionary would ever have me. DEVASTATING my world!…
#733 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,4,6
I was made to feel I was the ONLY ONE of all the deacons, teachers & priests who had ever masturbated. My bishop scheduled interviews without my parents’ knowledge, and…