#774 E.M. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
I was the most innocent teenager growing up in the mission field in an orthodox family. I was best friends with the Bishop’s daughter who was boy crazy. I wasn’t,…
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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.
#775 Ryan. CS: 1,2,3,7,8,9
I was born and raised in your standard LDS home. To give some background, I’d been through the standard public education sex-ed class and had been taught a little about…
#776 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4,8
I have one story. I am currently an active temple recommend holding member of the church. I served a mission in California. Before my mission, there were sexual sins I…
#777 Sarah H. CS: 1,4
I have three stories with the same bishop. My first experience was the baptismal interview for my daughter in 2017. I informed him that I was not ok with her…
#778 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4,7
When I was 13-14 I came in for my annual interview with one of the counselors in my bishopric. The counselor was probably in his 60s and he was not…
#779 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
Summary of the following story: I was groomed by my church leaders all growing up to be deceived by a pervert (another Bishop) and I thought all that happened to…
#780 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,8
I started masturbating when I was 12. I didn’t know what it was until I found the definition in a health book. It explained that masturbation was a natural thing…
#781 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
I was asked multiple times if I masturbated and then he explained how bad it is and the addictive nature of it. I denied it but felt guilty for years…
#782 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4. Other: Encouraged not to report rape, impaired decision of parents, caused shame and trauma for selfish reasons.
I know you are going through a tough time right now Sam, so I wanted to tell you how you have helped my little family in a way that wouldn’t…
#783 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,5
When I was around 11, I had a soccer coach, I was a strong athlete with hopes of going on to play in college. I was one of the best…
#784 Jerold G. CS: 1,2,3,7,8
I remember having so much anxiety about meeting with the bishop that I would throw up before I met with the bishop. In my mission interview my stake president asked…
#785 Allred. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Other: In addition to my own story here, my sisters have endured similar abuse by church leadership – including being sexually assaulted by the bishop in President Monson’s ward where my family lived for almost 20 years. Too many of the men in my family have been taught that this is normal and acceptable behavior, and have perpetuated abuse, and guilt/blame toward us women in the family. I could go on with countless horror stories within my own family, but suffice it to say – the trauma has affected us since our family began, and still causes us struggles as a family today.
I was 15 years old when my biological father raped and sodomized me over 130 times for a period which lasted nine long months. I had been kicked out of…
#786 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,7
Aside from the invasive interview questions. I was asked such questions out of the interview senario (casual talk questions). I remember I was about 13 and I was waiting for…
#787 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4,5
To cut a long and painful story short, my bishop who was a dear friend of my father would ask me directly “Do you masturbate?” He would ask frequency, how…
#788 Amber A. CS: 1. Other: Became physically sick from a Bishop’s interview and suffered nose bleeds.
I am an active member of the Church, who served a mission and is sealed in the temple. I have faithfully served my whole life but unfortunately personally know of…
#789 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8
It wasn’t until I was 40 that I realized the damage Mormon bishop interviews had played a part in my life. By all accounts I am a successful and happy…
#790 Jennifer M. CS: 1,2,3,7,8,9. Other: I lived my life thinking I was almost as bad as a murderer.
When I was 16 I had been dating someone for awhile. It was standard to have a bishop’s interview to get a dance card and stuff. I went in to…
#791 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6
I was born into and raised in another church. I was baptized as an infant, received my first communion, went through catechism, and was confirmed as a member of that…
#792 Elizabeth J. CS: 1,4
As a Beehive I had to attend a worthiness interview with the bishop. It was probably an interview prior to a temple trip to perform baptisms for the dead. I…
#793 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
I was asked if I masturbated before I knew what is was and before the thought had occurred to me. I was 13. It sounded bad, so I stammered out…