#954 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,5
I have two stories to share regarding inappropriate and perhaps illegal or at the very least unethical actions directed by men in church leadership positions. When I was 16, I…
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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.
#955 Phoenix I. CS: 1,2,3,4,8,9
A lot of other people’s stories are a lot more impactful then mine. Truth be told I was one of the lucky ones. My parents never taught me about sex.…
#956 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7
I’d been dating a young man in my ward for over a year. We were young, and often found ourselves alone, which over the course of the year lead to…
#958 Carla S. CS: 1,2,4
When I was around 12 years old my much older sister’s husband molested me and his 9 yr old son. We didn’t tell anyone. A year or so later my…
#959 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
I was raised in the church. I was seventh generation Mormon – something often boasted about in our family. We were the picture perfect LDS family. Every Sunday you’d find…
#960 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8
I grew up in a small farming community in Oregon. Fifteen years ago there were (and still are) many LDS members in my home town. I remember being 11 years…
#961 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
My wife and I were very TBM several years ago when the bishop, a marriage and family therapist of 20+ years asked him before his baptism interview, with both of…
#962 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4
I was raised in the church and thought nothing of being called into a room alone with a man. I only realized when I was older that many of the…
#963 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4,6
I don’t think that I had any bishops that had ill intentions. It never occurred to me that anything that happened could have even been construed as wrong. It was…
#964 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
* 1960’s-1970’s- (3 to 18 yrs. Old) I was trafficked as a child – sexually abused and tortured by members of Polygamist groups, as well as other perpetrators and pedophiles…
#965 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Other: Eating disorder, domestic abuse, difficulty in career and financial loss
My first memory of my father abusing me was when I was 3 years old. He molested me in the bathtub. I knew it wasn’t the first time it happened,…
#966 Erin C. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
How does one obtain perfection? I clung to the pamphlet “For the Strength of Youth”. I lived and died to follow the rules laid out before me. But I was…
#967 Name Withheld. CS: 1,4,8. Other: Embarrassed about sex
When I was 16 I went to a mission prep fireside where they stressed the importance of clearing all sins with your bishop so Satan wouldn’t have them to use…
#968 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4
When I was 17, 2009, a few weeks from Graduation & a couple months shy of turning 18, I made the choice to be sexual with my high school boyfriend.…
#969 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7
I remember as a youth being constantly reminded of the dangers of pornography and sexual promiscuity. These concepts were always taught to me in vague and even degrading ways. I…
#970 Name Hidden. CS: 4
When I was 13, I started liking a young man in my ward about the same age. Around 15 we had started coupling off, but not boyfriend and girlfriend (cause…
#971 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Other: Shame on Me
1976 was when I turned 12 years old. That year my bishop had a priesthood interview with me so I could become a deacon. My bishop was a kind man,…
#972 Name Hidden. CS:
Growing up I had issues with masturbation after witnessing sexual abuse in my home. When I felt so guilty and told my mom, she told me to talk to the…
#973 Name Hidden. CS: 1. Other: Not direct sexual abuse, but definitely inappropriate.
My sister became pregnant when she was 16 (this was in 1983 in Rock Springs, WY). Her bishop, after finding out, came to our home and asked her to speak…
#974 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8
Growing up, sexually explicit questions became the norm from an early age. I remember vividly at the age of 11, during my initial Aaronic priesthood interview, being asked about masturbation…