#321 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,7,8,9
Innocence Taken I grew up going to the Sugar Land wards of the Houston Texas South Stake. I was going in for my first temple interview to do baptisms for…
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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.
#320 Cheryl N. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7
You may use my name, I resigned from the Church a couple years ago and I am not afraid of the Church discipline or threats anymore. ” A current active…
#319 Lisa O. CS: 1,2,4,6,7
Lisa O. Idaho, USA My story takes place in the 1980s, in a town of about 30,000 people in Los Angeles County, California. One Sunday when I was about 15…
#318 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,7
I had recently moved out of state to attend college when I was caught up in a sexual situation with a man in my dorm room. I performed oral sex…
#317 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,5,7
It was the late 80’s and I was about 4 years old. My mom was driving with only me in the car and I recognized that we were near the…
#316 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,6
Whenever I was in a romantic relationship in high school and college, I dreaded worthiness interviews. I hated being asked by the bishop if I was worthy and feeling compelled…
#315 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,5,6,7,9,10
My story began growing up not only being molested by an older neighbor, but also in a house full of siblings who had all learned throughout their childhood how to…
#314 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4,6
My sister was asked by her bishop if she masturbated before she was old enough to know what the word meant. Her husband (who is not LDS) has been so…
#313 Name Hidden. CS: Other: I feel like my issues are not directly related to the sexual aspect of worthiness interviews, so I didn’t check anything in this list.
I remember the first time I was asked if I masturbated. When I was about 15 years old, I was very depressed. My bishop was a neighbor and family friend,…
#312 Benjamin. CS: 1,4
When I was a teen, I attended EFY (Especially For Youth) church camps, which are commonly attended by Mormon kids hosted on church-owned university campuses. One year, when I was…
#311 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,6,7
When I was 16, I started dating a boy in my ward. I fell hard and fast, and really believed I was in love with him. 3 months into our…
#310 Melissa G. CS: 1,4,7,8,9. Other: Shame after a rape
I was raped when I was 17 by the Stake President’s 22 year old RM son. I was terrified to say anything to anyone because I was afraid I would…
#309 Tosh K. CS: Other: I’m a gay man that was spiritually compelled to tell my leaders that I had sinned.
On my own volition and guilty feelings, I was compelled to tell my ecclesiastical leaders that I was gay and had been having relations at a park at the west…
#308 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
Local church leaders conduct worthiness interviews with their members, even the children. Every child in a Mormon congregation will have at least one interview with the presiding member of their…
#307 Chris M. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
“’You asked me once,’ said O’Brien, ‘what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101…
#306 Name Hidden. CS: 1
As an older teen I had sex with my boyfriend, J. I went to my bishop and confessed. The bishop asked for J’s name and ward, which I gave him.…
#305 Michael K. CS: 1,2,4,6,7
During one of my earliest worthiness interviews as an adolescent, the interviewer asked if I masturbated. I needed a definition because I hadn’t experienced it yet. Then I was asked,…
#304 Name Hidden. CS: 1
Shortly before my daughter‘s 13th birthday, she came downstairs and found me in the kitchen making dinner. She had a horrified look on her face as she handed me her…
#303 Drew B. CS: 1,8
My branch president said, “You can’t think gay thoughts, they will lead to going to hell.” I was 7 years old when two older boys sexually assaulted me. These boys…
#302 Ryan J. CS: 1,2,3,4,5. Other: Learning how to lie well when I never imagined developing such a casual relationship with lying.
I support the stories shared here, and am now willing to publicly share my own. After just turning 12, I was scheduled for my first “worthiness interview” with my bishop…