Guest Post: A Call for Victim Advocacy in the Church
by Sisyphus I have attempted several times to write this post—a story about me opposing a man called into a bishopric, the stake president (SP)
by Sisyphus I have attempted several times to write this post—a story about me opposing a man called into a bishopric, the stake president (SP)
Name Withheld A year and a half ago, my husband and I were called in to meet with our bishop. I had been released from
My dad held my patriarchal blessing over my head for so many things. I tried to choose my own path for my career and was
I was married to an (inactive) priesthood holder who was abusive on many levels. I went to one bishop for help was told “If it
My grandmother wrote a manuscript for a book about Emma Smith decades before any of the more recent, honest biographies while she was Associate Editor
I was 14 or 15 when I was in my Bishop’s office for a temple recommend interview for baptisms for the dead. During this interview,
When I was 21 I wanted to serve a mission. I had a timeline for when I was hoping to get a mission call because
I held a calling in a stake capacity several years ago. My stewardship was minimal, but I was able to observe the workings of the
I had a number of problems with a previous bishop. I had gone to the stake president multiple times and was ignored. It finally got
My bishopric forces me to go through them to ask permission for every little thing for my calling, and they often say no and more
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