#1035 Name Hidden. CS: 1,6
I would like to preface this with I am still an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I do not think my bishop was a…
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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.
#1036 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,5
Posting this mostly for validation and because part of me wants to scream FUCK YOU to the men who interview anyone about their chastity and worthiness. Today I was triggered…
#1037 Name Hidden. CS: 4
I never had a bishop ask me explicit questions until I was 17. My next door neighbor who I babysat for became my new bishop. I went in to get…
#1038 Name Hidden. CS: 3. Other: Deep betrayal when I came to understand that the church never was what I thought it was.
Hi Sam. Thanks for being a force for good. My story is not one of childhood. I was on my mission. But what it shows is how much power the…
#1039 Name Hidden. CS: 8
My husband and I were recently married and wanting to be sealed. He was excommunicated and coming back to the church and I had just been through a divorce. My…
#1040 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,7
I grew up in the church and remember never properly being taught about sexuality until my teenage years. Even then it were very vague attempts. It always seemed as though…
#1041 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7
Roughly 12-14 years ago a sibling of mine came forward with a terrible story. He gathered the family together and informed us that when he was younger he had been…
#1042 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4,5,8
March 10, 2019 Dear President Nelson, I’ve heard that it doesn’t matter if I write you or not because my letter will get kicked back to the Area 70 that…
#1043 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8
My first memory of worthiness interviews was being terrified at 7 when masturbation was explained to me in graphic detail but my parents insisted that I go ahead and be…
#1044 Name Danielle J. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
I grew up in the LDS church with parents, siblings, friends, and many other family members. I was taught from a young age that men in the bishopric are called…
#1045 Talia K. CS: 1,2,3,7. Other: self harm
I was raised in the church and my mother was sexually and physically abused by my biological father. Whenever she tried to leave him, the church held her back in…
#1046 Name Hidden. CS: 1
I was a young adult when I joined the church.. fast forward and I made a friendship with an older man in the church who helped teach me, guide me,…
#1047 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4
These grown white men need to stop asking masturbation questions to kids they barely know!! Crazy racist cult! I grew up Mormon and am happy not to be associated with…
#1048 Name Hidden. CS: 5
I found out that one of our members (The former bishop )in our ward ended up raping a 16 year old girl. I had concern about this man being around…
#1049 Name Withheld. CS: 1
I had joined the church later in my life as a young single mom. My son had the opportunity to go to a temple trip with the rest of the…
#1050 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,8
For over 7 years I was had meetings with my bishop/stake president/mission president at least monthly to talk about my masturbation “addiction”. Most of them were kind and did not…
#1051 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,7
I was raised from birth in the LDS Church. Having been told I was so lucky to have been born into such a wonderful organization for as long as I…
#1052 Name Withheld. CS: 1,4
I am woman in my late 20s who has grown up in a very devout and large LDS family in Northern Europe.Even thought there are smaller amount of Mormons in…
#1053 Name Hidden. CS: 4
When I was 12, I was interviewed by not the bishop but someone else in the bishopric. Alone in a room with the door closed, I was asked if I…
#1054 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
When I was age 11-15, I had different experiences with different bishops. I have never had the courage to say anything, and I also have never had a place where…