#734 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6
When I was a teenager, my bishop asked me if I was involved in masturbation. I had no idea what that meant. He explained it to me in detail. At…
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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.
#735 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9
I’ve been wanting to share with you my experience with the baptismal interview I had at the age of 10. I was currently being sexually abused by a close family…
#736 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4
During an interview with a bishop (approximately 14 years old), I was asked if I “practiced self abuse”. I had no idea what that even meant. I remember talking about…
#737 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8
When I 14 years old my mom caught me looking at pornography. Because of this my parents made me meet with our Bishop. I did not feel comfortable doing this…
#738 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7
Incentivize me to lie. Teach me to hate myself. When in my teens, I was asked if and how often I would masturbate. As a young kid, I didn’t have…
#739 Mandy L. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8. Other: Inability to form secure romantic relationships
I was something of a perfectionist as a child with a strong desire to please God and my family. My youthful guilt dwelled on typical experiences, amounting to no more…
#740 Name Withheld. CS: 3,8
This story is not about me but about a close friend. This friend suffered from anorexia for their entire life, after many years of fighting this battle, they finally turned…
#741 Arlene C. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8
I debated for many months whether or not to share my story. It is not as bad as many of the early stories that I read that broke my heart.…
#742 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7. Other: Severe Clinical Depression
As the only member in my family, I’ve fought hard to carve a path for myself in this church. As a 15 year old new member I had already experienced…
#743 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,6,8
When I was sixteen, I had a boyfriend. He was handsome, funny, and smart. He was a gentleman, always opening doors and carrying things for me. He was investigating the…
#744 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8
I used to live with legal guardian parents Michael and Judy and their two kids, and I only stayed with them because they lived in the area where the school…
#745 Collette L. CS: 1,2,3,4,6
Story #1 I was taken to a member of our stake presidency when I was 15 because my parents learned my boyfriend and I had “gone too far.” He asked…
#746 Thomas I. CS: 1,2
I have never been formally diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, but I have so many Aspie traits that I identify as one. I have been blessed with many wonderful leaders over…
#747 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8. Other: It in a way normalized the sexual abuse going on in my life already. It sort of set this ideal for men in my mind as being sexual deviants in a strange sort of way.
I can’t remember exactly how old I was I want to say, 12 or 13… I know is was quite Young. I was called into the bishops office for an…
#748 Terese J. CS: 4
My first Bishops interview I remember being so nervous! He asked me ALL the questions, but when he asked me if I masturbated I was scared, nervous and confused… I…
#749 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,7. Other: Drug use
I was going to start this story at 16, but in truth it starts at 12. President Hinckley had come out with questions that he wanted father’s to ask their…
#750 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10
Growing up I had a bishop who was just trying to do his best. I get it, we all want to please the Lord. However he took it across the…
#751 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
I was a teen in the 70’s, the days of bi-annual Bishop interviews. I was asked about masturbation every time. I hated those interviews, it was crushingly shaming. I’m furious…
#752 Laura WB. CS: 1,6. Other: Threatened marriage postponement
I was raised in the church, and while I didn’t always know if I believed it was the ONLY true church I did my best to follow its basic teachings…
#753 Name Hidden. CS: 4
My story isn’t as destructive as some, but still disturbing as I think about my young age and where the conversation was allowed to go with myself, a 13-14 year…