#31 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,6
I was interviewed by a member of the bishopric prior to going to the temple to perform baptisms for the dead. He asked me, as a 13 girl, if I…
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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.
#30 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,7
I went to my bishop to “repent” after having sex with my boyfriend at the age of 17. I had to describe the entire experience to him, every detail. This…
#29 Jason L. CS: 1,2,3,7, Other: Thoughts of self genital mutilation
I was asked by my bishop at age 12 about masturbation. Every priesthood advancement and youth calling interview following I was asked about masturbation.
#28 Name Hidden. CS: 4
When my 12 year old came home from a baptism for the dead interview she asked me what anal sex was. I asked her where she’d heard that and she…
#27 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4,6,7
The first time I was asked was when I turned 12. I didn’t know what it was and, as a late bloomer, the idea had not occurred to me. It…
#26 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
As a middle child of 5, my parents never took it upon themselves to actually teach us about sex and inappropriate behavior. They just always said “don’t do it” and…
#25 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
Every bishop that I can remember has asked me about masturbation, behind closed doors. When I was a teenager, I was told in a fireside meeting that no girl would…
#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…
#12 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
When I was 17 I confessed to French kissing. The bishop told me how disappointed he was in me. How everyone looks up to me and I’ve let down God,…