When I was 13 I was sexually molested by this guy in our ward (Washington state). I wasn’t the only one. When I told my friend about what happened, she had told me it happened to her and her sister too. Talking to more girls, a total of 8 of…
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My earliest recollection of being sexually abused and assaulted by my father was when I was five years old. The abuse continued until I left home to attend university. When I reached puberty, my father stopped the penetrative assaults and resorted to molestation only. Can’t get his daughter pregnant, right?…
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I am 47 years old now and when I was 21 I went on a date with someone I worked with at Franklin Covey and he also was in a position of leadership in the mormon church. He said we were meeting with a group, but it ended up being…
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Was sexually abused in Mount Hood, Oregon by a prominent stake member at 7 yrs old who ‘generously’ allowed our family to live in his house when we were on hard times. I told my bishop a few years later but was told it happened too long ago and that…
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