#874 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7
I wasn’t born into a “mormon” household. I was born into a “wordly” household, as I was often told as a 9 year old little girl trying to navigate my…
Read more
Warning: Sexually Explicit content.
Search our Stories
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.
#875 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,8
I was raised LDS and was used to bishop interviews. My first bishop was pretty respectful, the farthest he would go was, “do you obey the law of chastity?” And…
#876 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,7
I was 13 years old when I went to a young men’s camp for the first time. In Brazil, these camps were usually made away from the city, at a…
#877 Name Hidden. CS: Other: It makes me sick to know that I am lucky. I just as easily could have been shamed and taken advantage of by a bishop.
It really pains me that there is sexual abuse in the Church, and leadership struggles to apologize, and counteract it in lasting, meaningful ways. It’s fine and necessary for bishops…
#878 Nicole H. CS: 1,4
I was a good girl at 14, when Bishop _______ took me into his office and shut the door. Most of the girls my age had done stuff with boys…
#879 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
I didn’t realize until I was at college that masturbation and strong sexual desire is a normal attribute of nearly every healthy person. My high school years were spent thinking…
#880 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Other: Victim shaming
I had a boyfriend in high school and we were both very active LDS. We’d been dating for about 6 months when he told me he would kill himself in…
#881 Name Hidden. CS: 1,6,7
I had a terrible sex education growing up. It was practically a banned topic at my house. We even had a TV guardian that would edit swear words on live…
#882 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8
I was sexually abused by a family member from the age of 6 to almost 15. When it all came to light, I was asked to see my Bishop (alone).…
#883 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3
When I was 12 I was a very devout LDS kid. I wanted to be “worthy” and tried my best to follow every rule and expectation. At my 13 year…
#884 Brian F. CS: 1,2,3,7,8,9
“You know the church frowns on homosexuality.” My bishopric interview at 14 years old (1984) and why it shouldn’t have happened. Life was okay at 14 years old in Bountiful,…
#885 Reagan B. CS: 1,2,4,6,7. Other: Premature obsession with sexual terminology
When I was twelve I started having yearly bishop interviews where he would ask me questions about keeping the commandments and if I was following the church rules. The door…
#886 Name Hidden. CS: 1
I dated a LDS member in high school. At age 16 he asked me to talk to his bishop. I was young and agreed. He asked me lots of questions…
#887 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
When I was a child about 9 or 10, I briefly viewed pornography out of curiosity before I knew it was a sin. When I had learned it was a…
#888 Name Withheld. CS: 1
I got my first boyfriend when I was 19 years old. I was a virgin and never even kissed anyone. I was strong in the church. He was a recent…
#889 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8
As a young child I was sexually abused by two male family members several times. They were 8 to 10 years older than me. I never told anyone, thinking it…
#890 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,6,7. Other: This is one of the main events that led me to leave the LDS church.
I went to a bishop’s interview when I was 16 years old so that I could go do baptisms for the dead. The week prior, I had had a pretty…
#891 Name Hidden CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8
I was 14 when I first figured out how to masturbate. Before this, I was under the impression that it was not something women were physically capable to doing. With…
#892 David F. CS: 1,3,7
When I was 18, I entered my Mormon bishop’s office to confess that I had fornicated with my girlfriend. It had just happened couple days prior and I couldn’t handle…
#893 Don N. CS: 1,2,3,4,5
It’s 1973, I’m 15 years old, it’s mutual night, we’re playing basketball in the cultural hall. I’m thirsty so I walk out into the foyer to get a drink from…