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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.

#24 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4

The first time I remember hearing the word masturbation and learning what it meant was in a priesthood worthiness interview when I was 12-14 years old.

#23 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6

When I was high school age, I had been involved in some sexual actions with a person of the opposite sex. Because of this, I felt Guilt and went to…

#22 Don B. CS: 1,2,7

Shortly after my Mormon family moved to La Grande, Oregon in 1971, my father told me that I had a meeting with the bishop. I was just fourteen, and I…

#21 Rachael E. CS: 1,2,3,6,7

I figured out how to have an orgasm when I was 8, after I was baptized. I told my mom about what I discovered and she pulled out a manual…

#20 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4

I was 15 and had never kissed a boy. In tithing settlement my bishop asked me if I had had sexual relationships with anyone. I said no. He then asked…

#19 Name Hidden. CS: 2,3

I was 12 years old the first time I was asked about masturbation during a Bishops interview. I think I was surprised to be asked that kind of question by…

#18 Name Hidden. CS: 1

I was 7 the first time I was asked if I “abide by the law of chastity.” Not knowing what that meant, I asked for a definition. In that room…

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

I was 15 and had a 18 year old boyfriend. I lost my virginity. My parents went to my bishop and asked him to talk to me. I was forced…

#16 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,8,9

I was 14 when I started dating a never-mo boy I was sweet on, and I suffered shaming for that. How could I betray God and my heavenly family for…

#15 Britt L. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

When I was being interviewed to enter young women’s at the age of 12, I was brought into a room with the lights turned off to speak with a member…

#14 Caroline R. CS: 1,2,4

When I was fifteen years old, I began dealing with what the Mormon church calls “same sex attraction”. I began to question whether or not I would be happy marrying…

#13 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7. Other: Inability to date and marry during “normal” LDS timeframe; judgementalism of others, etc

I grew up in the 1970s and ‘80s. I loved the church and never thought I would leave, but now I’m a middle-aged apostate who believes that one immense contributing…

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