Warning: Sexually Explicit content.
My first memory of my father abusing me was when I was 3 years old. He molested me in the bathtub. I knew it wasn’t the first time it happened,…
* 1960’s-1970’s- (3 to 18 yrs. Old) I was trafficked as a child – sexually abused and tortured by members of Polygamist groups, as well as other perpetrators and pedophiles…
I don’t think that I had any bishops that had ill intentions. It never occurred to me that anything that happened could have even been construed as wrong. It was…
I was raised in the church and thought nothing of being called into a room alone with a man. I only realized when I was older that many of the…
My wife and I were very TBM several years ago when the bishop, a marriage and family therapist of 20+ years asked him before his baptism interview, with both of…
I grew up in a small farming community in Oregon. Fifteen years ago there were (and still are) many LDS members in my home town. I remember being 11 years…
I was raised in the church. I was seventh generation Mormon – something often boasted about in our family. We were the picture perfect LDS family. Every Sunday you’d find…
When I was around 12 years old my much older sister’s husband molested me and his 9 yr old son. We didn’t tell anyone. A year or so later my…
I’d been dating a young man in my ward for over a year. We were young, and often found ourselves alone, which over the course of the year lead to…
A lot of other people’s stories are a lot more impactful then mine. Truth be told I was one of the lucky ones. My parents never taught me about sex.…
I have two stories to share regarding inappropriate and perhaps illegal or at the very least unethical actions directed by men in church leadership positions. When I was 16, I…
Adeline This is my second child, born so quickly, with a head so round, that folks would ask if I had a c-section. I’d take revenge by telling them about…
I sat across the desk sideways from a friendly man, my Bishop. He was giving me the standard worthiness interview before going on a Temple trip. I was an innocent…
Our son, 30 years old, called to tell us what happened when he was a teacher. Said a girl called asked him to meet at a park, she kissed him…
I was 18 or 19, at college with my boyfriend. We had been dating a while and I stayed over at his place late one night. I won’t go into…
It is difficult to express the damage that is done to children who are, in all other aspects of their lives, protected by laws that rightly prohibit adults from inappropriately…
My family moved frequently as I was growing up, so my twelfth birthday was spent in a new ward. My family wasn’t in this ward long and moved within the…
I was 11 when I discovered masturbation while changing into my pajamas one night. I continued to do it almost every night before I went to sleep, as it felt…
As a young woman, I struggled with boys. I was backwards and shy, and lacked confidence in myself, especially when it came to boys. I was nineteen before I ever…
20 Years. That’s how long it took for me to unravel the mess created by my Young Women’s President. I won’t go into a lot of detail about that, because…