#hearLDSwomen: My Bishop Ecclesiastically Abused Me, and My Stake President Refused to Stop It
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
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
After President Nelson became prophet, he was asked at a Q and A Press Conference, “what about the women?” he said, “we love them.” He
I had a general authority (70) come to my Young Single Adult ward just this past February. I was the Relief Society president in my
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
As ward music chairman, I submitted a name for choir director. It took them ten months (ten months!) to call her, and the first counselor
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 had a number of problems with a previous bishop. I had gone to the stake president multiple times and was ignored. It finally got
One that comes to mind is when I was called as a Relief Society activity committee person. Every year we asked for a budget and
One of my ward callings was doing the Sunday bulletin. I wasn’t allowed a key to the library to copy it, so every Sunday morning
A few months ago, my friend asked me to sub her Gospel Doctrine class. I did, and the lesson went really well. After class, the
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