#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
When I was a freshman at BYU-I, the bishopric in my ward wanted to interview all of us to start the semester off. I ended
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
One of my Young Women leaders made a point to tell all the young women (12-17) to make sure they stay away from tank tops,
When our oldest was a baby, my husband was called to the high council and assigned to another ward. I pointed out that we had
My ex raised his hand to oppose a calling for me once in sacrament meeting because the bishopric hadn’t asked his permission first. – Anonymous
When, on my mission, my zone leader demanded that I sing a duet with my companion at the next zone conference. I don’t sing, and
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
Today was hard. I’m the Primary president and struggle with a bishopric that will randomly call people to Primary without my knowing at all. It’s
I gave a stake Relief Society fireside here (mostly Mormon community of a church university) once, about Mormon women’s activities in the 19th century, wheat,
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