Warning: Sexually Explicit content.

Legend for Consequences Suffered (CS):

  1. Inappropriate shame and guilt
  2. Childhood self-loathing
  3. Adulthood self-loathing
  4. Normalizing children to sexual questions by adult men. (Grooming)
  5. Sexual abuse. (Pedophilia)
  6. Impaired sexual relations after marriage.
  7. Years of recovery from childhood shaming.  Often lasting decades.
  8. Suicide Ideation
  9. Attempted Suicide
  10. Suicide of a loved one or friend.

1004 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4

The most important fact to know about my story: I am deaf, so my interviews are different from other stories, and in a disturbing way. I remember two experiences that…

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#997 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4,8

For my baptismal interview, I was asked if I kept the law of chastity with myself. I was confused, nervous, embarrassed. I slowly nodded. He said he had hoped I…

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#995 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4

I started having a sexual relationship with my first serious boyfriend at the age of 16. He was also a member of the church. We decided as a couple that…

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#994 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,7

i was constantly asked as from 14-18 if I was masturbating by my ward leader; my bishop referred to it as, self abuse. I had struggled with that before, but…

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#993 Name Hidden. CS: 1,7

My story may seem insignificant to some, but for me it had a huge impact on my personal self worth while growing up. I was molested one time as a…

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#991 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4

My bishop freely admitted to forcing confessions out of youth regarding pornography use. He said this to a room full of women, as he was teaching a Relief Society lesson…

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#990 Paula M. CS: 1,6,7

When I was 14 I was interviewed for a temple recommend to go with our ward to do baptisms for the dead. It went well until the bishop asked if…

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#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…

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#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…

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#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…

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