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Warning: Sexually Explicit content.

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.

#924 Name Hidden. CS: 1

All my life I had been taught about remaining non-sexually active until after marriage, and only then, I was only allowed to have intercourse with my wife. I saw this…

#923 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4

When I first went to get my bishop interview for the Temple Recommend, I was asked the usual questions such as, “Do you believe in the Church and it’s teachings?”,…

#922 Name Withheld. CS: 1,4,7

I had never even heard of masturbation before my bishop asked me if I was doing it. I said I didn’t know what that was. He then explained to me…

#921 Norienne C. CS: 1,2,4,6,7. Other: Affected sexual development

I was eleven years old. I had been called in for a pre-YW/Primary graduation interview. Towards the end of the interview, the bishopric member asked me if I obeyed the…

#920 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9

It wasn’t until recently that I realized I was a “victim” of these interviews. Up until I learned about your movement I went along with them because I didn’t know…

#919 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6

My first recollection of being asked morality questions was for my 8th birthday baptismal interview-I didn’t even know what masturbation was and when the bishop probed me with more questions…

#918 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,7,8,9,10

During interviews with the bishop, I was shamed into believing that I had to share sexually explicit details of intimate relationships that I had with boys. I was made to…

#917 Name hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8

I was taught for years in church that I was responsible for the thoughts in a man’s head. That if a guy was turned on, it had to be caused…

#916 Jennifer W. CS: 1. Other: This happened to my friend, so I’m not sure what other long-lasting effects occurred

When I was about 14 (about 35 years ago), all the girls had to go in for their “interview” with the bishop or first counselor. I recall an older girl…

#915 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7

I grew up in the LDS church. My sister still practices and is active in the church. My parents are semi-active. I left the church as an adult after realizing…

#914 Name Hidden. CS: 1,6. Other: Confusion and shame that I had done something wrong.

Both my husband and I were virgins when we married in an LDS temple. A few days after the wedding, I developed a urinary tract infection, the first one I…

#913 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8

Growing up, my mother and I were the only ethnic people in the ward. I generally blended in since my skin is fair but that changed when I hit puberty.…

#912 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8

My brother has suffered for 20+ years because of the extreme shaming coinciding with sexually explicit questioning. It was only about a year ago that he shared his tearful story…

#911 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,6,7,8

As a young boy going through puberty, I didn’t know what was going on with my body. I was changing. I remember when I was very young how painful my…

#910 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,5. Other: Feeling I am a pervert.

I don’t think it only occurs for children in Church private interviews to receive inappropriate questions during private closed door bishop and other Church worthiness interviews. I was a newly…

#909 Sam S. CS: 1,8

I had great bishops growing up. I always felt like they were sincere in trying to help me be a better person, and to this day, I still appreciate them.…

#908 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2

Mine is not a horrible story with graphic details. It is simply a story of what these questions do to a very normal young man. From the age of 12,…

#907 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8

I grew up in a “happy” devout Mormon family; and yet I felt completely isolated and alone my entire childhood. My sister and step-dad had such obvious contempt for me…

#906 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6

As a 14 year old, I was in a relationship with a high school junior. This boy convinced me to enter a slightly sexual relationship with him. Being 14 and…

#905 Name Hidden. CS: 5. Other: Protecting predators

This is a bit of a different story. A few months after I became primary president, I found out of two additional active men in my ward who are registered…

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