failure to report by local LDS church leaders

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?…

From the age of 2 to 9 I was sexually abused in nursery, Sunbeams, and primary. Several teachers, both sisters and brothers. During my Baptism interview, I admitted I was being sexual (I wasn’t taught it was sexual assault/ being abused because I wasn’t taught about it at all) and…

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…

I was good friends with a boy in 8th grade. He confessed to liking me in December and I was so excited because I thought I was disgusting. To have someone tell me they liked me was crazy to me (even tho I had plenty friends). I told him I…

My high school boyfriend abused me. His mom walked in the last time because she heard me screaming. His bishop covered it up, told me not to tell my bishop, and forced me to repent for it, as it was “your own fault for tempting him.”