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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.

#975 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,6

As a young woman I was frequently pulled into the Bishops office at random for “worthiness interviews”, even without my parents knowing these interviews were happening. I was a good…

#976 Lance W. CS: 1

I was about 13 when the bishop started asking about masturbation in those worthiness interviews. I’ll never forget the first time. He asked if I masturbated. I didn’t know what…

#977 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8

From the time I was a very young girl, I was being sexually abused by multiple members of my family. As is common for children in this situation, I was…

#978 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,8

I only ever knew about pornography and masturbation from the church deacons quorum meetings. Our teachers lectured us young (12) on how we shouldn’t lust and masturbate and do all…

#979 Name Hidden. CS: 1,6

As a boy in high school, I had a friend who was a girl. We had a great relationship just as friends. One day she told me she had slept…

#980 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7

I didn’t even know what masturbation was until I had an interview with my bishop at age 12. From that interview I was told that it was really bad, and…

#981 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,7

When I was 8, I was interviewed for baptism. I was alone in the room. It was the first time I’d ever even heard of masturbation. Bishop asked me if…

#982 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8

I was 16 when I had pre-marital sex with my then high school girlfriend. In hindsight, we were kids with raging hormones and we both felt horrible about our actions.…

#983 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3

I just thought it was normal, being asked about sex – though I was incredibly naive. I was 15 or 16 and called in to see the bishop. A few…

#984 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,9

I grew up in a strict LDS family in Las Vegas. The inappropriate interviews began at age 12 when I started young women’s. Age 12, Bishop asks me if I…

#985 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8,9

I remember being called in for an interview with the bishop when I was about fourteen. He said it was an interview to lead the Teachers’ Quorum. He got to…

#986 Jeffrey. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8

I started masturbating when I was 9 years old, a few years later I was house sitting for a neighbor and watched pornography alone on their VHS tapes. I read…

#987 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4

At 12 I was a completely naive young girl. The Bishop started out by asking me if I was sexually pure. Then ask questions about masturbating, heavy petting, necking and…

#988 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7

When I was 16, I went to what was supposed to be a slumber party at a friend’s house, with parental permission. There, I was confronted with adult men present…

#989 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7. Other: Desires at times to cut off my unit. “If thy left hand offends thee, cut it off.”

Like most children do, at the age of 11 or 12 I began feeling sexual urges within myself. I’ve come to learn that these urges are normal and are a…

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