#72 Amy P. CS: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9
I was inspired by former Bishop Sam Young’s campaign to end teen interviews with bishops for the plethora of reasons he has outlined. I have been wanting to share 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.
#70 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,7. Other: Lasting fear and anxiety about sex, damage to relationships and friendships
I grew up in a traditional Mormon family. As a teenage boy, I could always tell I was a very sexual person. I had an intense curiosity about sex from…
#69 John B. CS: 6,7. Other: Questions about bestiality while preparing for my mission
I was raised LDS and was a believing devout member as I prepared for my mission in my senior year of high school. I left for my mission a week…
#68 Name Hidden CS: 1,2,4,6
When I was 6, my brother and I played “doctor”. I had no idea at the time there was anything wrong with the game, we were nearly playing make believe.…
#66 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4,5,6,7,8
When I was in my mid-30’s, my father admitted to me that he molested me when I was a very young child. He said that he “took care of it”…
#65 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8
As a girl, I never heard any messages directed to the young women about masturbation, which made me feel like I must be especially bad because I couldn’t stop doing…
#64 Dan M. CS: 1,3
Hi. I didn’t grow up LDS, but I did have a “problem” with masturbation. I had done it before I became a member (around 25 years old) and had no…
#63 Melissa E. CS: 1,3
I don’t have the horror stories that some people have, but I have a few incidents to relate. First, when I was about thirteen, Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped. I was…
#62 Name Hidden. CS: Other: No permanent damage.
I am the mother of two grown and married daughters with their own children. We have all signed the petition Sam started because we felt it to be important. As…
#61 Lisa B. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
The first interview I remember was my pre-baptism interview when I was 8. The bishop took me into his office, having my parents wait outside. He asked me a lot…
#60 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
I turned twelve in 1973, while living in Cache Valley, Utah. I spent the two years I was a Deacon in the Aaronic Priesthood in Utah. I do not recall…
#59 Brian M. CS: 1,3
I was a good kid. Didn’t smoke, didn’t drink, over 4.0 GPA, seminary president (out of Utah, had to wake up at 4:30 every morning.) My only “problem” was I…
#58 Name Hidden. CS: 7
I just recently learned of this interview. My son sustained a broken back that took nearly a year to heal. He often missed church. You could not meet a kinder…
#57 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4. Other: Lying in order to coerce me into allowing my children to be interviewed alone with the bishop without me present.
When my son turned 8 the bishop interviewed me to make sure I was worthy to baptize and confirm him. He also wanted to interview my son alone to make…
#56 Melissa D. CS: 1,2,3
When I was about 12 years old I went to my first combined region wide fireside which was something I was very excited to be a part of. At this…
#55 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7
Just like many other young women in the church, I was specifically taught from a young age that my worth was dependent on my purity. Young women are taught that…
#54 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,8. Other: Obligation to be straight married despite being gay
I’m gay. I thought if I was the perfect Mormon boy, God would cure me of my gayness because obviously this is sinful. When I found out as a teenager…
#53 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Other: Sexual abuse by the bishop
Trigger Warning * Sexual assault involving a bishop* **If you are a survivor of molest, be very cautious about being triggered reading my story!!!** * Sam Young, THANK YOU for…
#52 Ryan W. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
Bishop’s interviews are so damaging to young people. And adults. The damage I suffered because of these interviews and the teaching that masturbation is a sin, has been severe and…
#51 Carianne W. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
I am a girl and I remember as early as 4 or 5 years old casually feeling slight sexual feelings that were immediately followed by shame and guilt. I was…