#1015 Name Hidden. CS: Other: Schock
This happened in Marseille, France approximately in 1969. I was being interviewed by my Branch President for a Patriarchal Blessing. I was 18/19 years old at the time. After asking…
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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.
#1016 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,5,7,8
Approximately 11 years ago I was busy with work and school as well as dealing mentally with the loss of my mom to suicide a few years prior. I let…
#1017 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4
When I was 15, I was called in for my tithing meeting by the 1st counselor of my ward. I was asked if I had participated in bestiality. I did…
#1018 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8. Other: Ideas of self-mutilation
I first stated masturbation at a young age. It was a secret I kept. I felt awkward about it when other boys talked about it as they learned about sex…
#1019 Name Hidden. CS: 4
Thank you for your work. Your work helps us to be safe, even though I couldn’t convince my teenagers that it is good to have a parent with them…
#1020 Name Hidden. CS: Other: Extreme discomfort with all male leaders and a fear to come out to my family about this issue.
I am a biromantic asexual female. As I started realizing I had feelings for other girls, I became progressively more guilty about having urges to pursue romantic relationships with them.…
#1021 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8,9. Other: Victim blaming
I have a few stories so I’ll keep them brief. A bit of background, I’m a 21 year old woman from a multi generational Mormon family on my mom’s side…
#1022 Katherine B. CS: 1,3
I grew up in Kirkland Washington and moved to Utah when I was 10 years old. I was not a member of the church. I had always had a lot…
#1023 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3. Other: Worse Behaviors ,Still not over it
When I was 12 years old, I had sexual feelings from touching my vagina. I told my LDS Bishop about these feelings and he threatened to Excommunicate me from the…
#1024 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
When I was twelve I began meeting with my bishop to seek forgiveness for masturbating. The guilt and shame I felt daily was crippling and I just wanted it to…
#1025 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,4
My story happened when I was 20 years old. I had not really attended church meetings from the time I turned 18 and moved away from home. One random Sunday…
#1026 Hannah. CS: 1,2,3,7,8,9
I’ve been mormon all my life. I was a strong extremely Molly Mormon in a very Mormon family. Until I went and broke the rules by getting a boyfriend at…
#1027 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,6
I was sexually assaulted and raped in a church bathroom by a friend. I told my bishop right away in his office. He recorded it, I believe. I was given…
#1028 Hollie P. CS: 1,2,4
My daughters father molested her. CPS confirmed it, and the state of Utah refused to prosecute him because return missionaries don’t do that kind of thing. When a Church runs…
#1029 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4,7,8,9
I was born into the church, and grew up with most of my family being mormon. When I was 12, I was asked to do a meeting with the bishop…
#1030 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,8
My story is about mental health. The experiences I had as a young woman with depression and anxiety in the church were traumatizing and heartbreaking. There’s a history of mental…
#1031 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3
When I was 17, I was forced to meet with my bishop because I was pregnant and not married. I cannot remember everything about the conversation as I am now…
#1032 Caleb J. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8
Growing up I wholeheartedly believed the Mormon Church on everything. When I was in 8th grade I masturbated for the first time, I didn’t even know what it was. But…
#1033 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6,7,8
I was about 15. I was sitting with the Stake President for a recommend to do baptisms for the dead. HE asked me if I had ever had sexual relations.…
#1034 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9
I was born into a dogmatically LDS home, where my father and mother lived to remain worthy according to the rituals and ideals of the church. It was equally important…