#794 Tracy T. CS: 1,3
I have memories of my childhood bishop interviews that make me uncomfortable, but the one that stands out to me the most was when I met with my bishop before…
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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.
#795 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8
The amount of shame and unbearable guilt I felt as an innocent teenager caused permanent damage due to this line of sexual questioning and incorrect doctrine. I also remember the…
#796 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3
When I was 15, I was raped by a 22 yr old man at a house party. I became pregnant from that encounter. I had been going down the wrong…
#797 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,4,7,8
When I was 14 years old the youth of our ward took a trip to the temple to perform baptisms for the dead. My dad was the bishop and conducted…
#798 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4,6
When I was 13, my bishop asked me if I masturbated. I didn’t know what that was at the time, since sex was a prohibited topic in my household growing…
#799 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4,7
I grew up in an LDS home where my parents taught me to honor and respect priesthood leaders. As a teenager, I never dated and felt a bit insecure but…
#800 Faith B. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8
When I was 14 I felt the need to repent for being raped by my 18 year old friend. During the interview, I was asked which positions were performed, what…
#801 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6
My bishop at the time was a family member… I was 11 at the time… it was a Sunday afternoon we were at home we were a few members families…
#802 Istrea G. CS: 1,3,4,7,9. Other: Unable to have a normal relationship with a man until I was 45 years old.
My name is Istrea Ann Guest. I was born a 6th Generation Mormon on my Mother’s side of the family. James Campbell Livingston is my Great, Great, Great Grandfather and…
#803 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8. Other: I’m now filled with a fury all of the time.
Hello, Sam, If I were in your ward, if I were your friend, I’d stand beside you and witness that you are quite certainly the most selfless person that I’ve…
#804 Name Withheld. CS: 1,3,4
I have shared one story here so far but I have more, my own and second hand. It is terrible that such a policy is enacted through good men who…
#805 Madison H. CS: 1,3,4,6,7,8
As a child I would have these one on one interviews with bishops behind closed doors. The sexual questions began when I was a teenager. Very uncomfortable considering I wasn’t…
#806 Chelsea T. CS: 1,2,3,4,8
I didn’t find out that masturbation was a sin until my bishop had a fireside for the youth. After that I felt extreme guilt because I couldn’t stop. I honestly…
#807 Amy C. CS: 1,2,3,4,7
I was born and raised in the LDS church in Las Vegas, NV. I began worthiness interviews with my bishop at the age of 12 as it was expected of…
#808 Name Hidden. CS: 4
As a young man nearing the age of 12, I was interviewed by my bishop and asked if I masturbated. I didn’t know what that meant. My parents had taught…
#809 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8. Other: Self abuse
My childhood was very painful. This was not necessary the fault of the Mormon church, but rather my biological father was/is pedophile and abused me sexually, multiple times. Which lead…
#810 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7. Other: Physical neglect from parents who could not recover mentally from their own abuse.
Something that I realized I needed to share was the generational effect of abuse victims. My father was raised in incestuous Mormon family. His father, the predator was at one…
#811 Name Hidden. CS: Other: Anger that I let my power as a mother be taken from me so easily, without a fight. Anger that the Bishop thought he could keep me out of the interview.
Hello, I am not sure if this story is being shared in the appropriate place. But I wanted my thoughts to go with Sam to his probable excommunication. When my…
#812 Name Hidden. CS: 1
40 years ago or more, I was interviewed on several occasions by my stake president. He was a big tall man and a man of influence. He eventually became a…
#813 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,5,7
When I turned 14, I was like any normal child. We had moved to a new town, and I was finding my footing. I went to a youth dance for…