100+ cases where Mormon leaders failed or allegedly failed to tell police or law enforcement about sex abuse. In some cases, the abuse continued for many years.

info: bishop in Utah; allegedly sexually abused his two teenage daughters; paid $25,000 in punitive damages after losing a civil lawsuit
info: Beckley, West Virginia; sentenced to prison for sexually abusing his own children
info: Arizona; sexually abused his own daughters for several years after confessing to his bishop; died by suicide while in custody awaiting trial
info: the wife of a sexual abuser; sentenced in 2018 in Arizona to 2.5 years in prison after pleading no contest to two felony counts of child abuse (not sexual abuse)
info: church caretaker and organist in York, England; abused at least four children as young as seven years old; convicted; sentenced to prison in England in 2008 for child sexual abuse
info: California; in 1987, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to six years in prison; was assigned to multiple trusted church positions, including Sunday school president, despite the Mormon church being aware that he had raped a teenager; LDS leaders were accused of hiding his abuse from local church members; as of 2024, lives in Grapevine, Texas
info: LDS church member from Utah and a missionary in Dominican Republic; confessed to making child porn; LDS church leaders allegedly didn't report his crime
info: Maricopa County, Arizona; allegedly admitted to his bishop that he had sexually touched a child; charged in two cases in 2006 with sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of molestation of a child, all class two felonies; one case was dismissed in 2006 without prejudice; in the other, pleaded guilty to two reduced charges of child abuse
info: church missionary in California; civil suit filed against LDS church and Arias; judge awarded judgment by default for the plaintiff (victim) against him in 2017 in the amount of approximately $4.2 million; the LDS church was not found liable
info: bishop in or near Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in his ward while he was her bishop; pleaded guilty, served time in prison
info: dentist in Layton, Utah; was a scout leader; pleaded guilty in 1988 to sexually abusing two girls who were his dental patients; the sexual abuse occurred in his dental office and included drugging one or both girls with nitrous oxide
info: Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s; molested a 13-year-old girl; the LDS church settled, reportedly for millions of dollars (US)
info: US Army veteran in or near Houston or Beaumont, Texas; admitted to sexually molesting at least five boys; pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child; sentenced to 15 years in prison; the LDS church was ordered to pay $4 million to a 13-year-old boy victim; died in 2005
info: Sunday school teacher in Cordoba, Argentina; accused in 2017 of sexual abuse of multiple children ages 7 to 11; a local LDS leader allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report to police
info: Boy Scout leader in Washington, California, Utah and Idaho; was convicted of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child
info: was sentenced in April 2011 to 13 years in prison for engaging in a three-year-long sexual relationship with a boy, beginning when he was 14 years old; was released in December 2021
info: church Sunday school teacher, lawyer and Justice Ministry judicial officer in New Zealand; confessed sex crime behavior to a Mormon bishop in 1998; LDS leaders did not tell police or local parents of children he was left alone to supervise; turned himself in to police in 2007; sentenced to five years in jail for child sexual abuse and animal sex abuse (bestiality)
info: Eagle Mountain, Utah; found guilty of sex abuse of a child
info: Arizona; found guilty of child sexual abuse and sentenced in 2019 to prison
info: Methuen, Massachusetts; accused of sexually abusing a child in an LDS chapel; convicted and sentenced to prison; in 2008, a victim's mother filed a civil lawsuit against the the Mormon church, claiming the church allowed the accused to babysit children despite his prior convictions for child sexual abuse, and that LDS leaders failed to report her child's abuse to police
info: Pennsylvania and Oregon; excommunicated in 1983 in Pennsylvania for sex abuse; rebaptized in 1984; molested five boys in Oregon; local LDS bishop knew but didn't report to police; convicted in 1995 in Oregon of sexual abuse; died in 1995
info: Louisiana; convicted in 1994 of contributing to the delinquency of juveniles performing sexually immoral acts; convicted in 2007 of indecent behavior with juveniles
info: American Fork, Utah; guilty of sexual abuse of a minor
info: Utah and later an elders quorum president in Minnesota; pleaded guilty in 2003 in Utah to misdemeanor lewdness involving a child; pleaded guilty in Utah in 2006 to felony forcible sexual abuse; arrested in 2019 in Minnesota; sentenced in 2022 to 30 years in prison for sexual abuse of a juvenile under his care; in March 2024, appealed his 2022 Minnesota conviction
info: scout leader in Texas; convicted between 1991 and 1997 of indecency with a child by contact; victim was 6 years old at the time of the abuse; convicted in 2013 of third degree felony failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements; as of March 2024, lives in Port Lavaca, Texas as a registered sex offender
info: Tacoma, Washington; sexually abused a preschooler in his ward in the 1980s; the LDS church settled with the abuse survivor for $1.1 million in 2023
info: Lake Elsinore, California; arrested in 1997; pleaded guilty to committing lewd acts with a child under age 14; spent three years in state prison; in December 2022, the LDS church paid $995,000 to settle its part of a related civil lawsuit wherein a jury awarded the victim $2.28 billion
info: Australia
info: stake mission president; accused by Mormon leader Vaughn Featherstone in 1975 of child sexual abuse of "many, many Aaronic Priesthood boys" in the accused's stake
info: scout leader in Venice, California (Los Angeles); accused in 1978 of child sexual abuse; confessed to the police
info: convicted
info: schoolteacher in Arizona; molested a 14-year-old girl at an LDS girls camp in mid-1990; the abuse was reported to a bishop, who allegedly failed to report to police, but instead encouraged the victim to forgive; sentenced to prison in 1999 for two counts of child sexual abuse; released in 2007
info: prominent Mormon church member in Salt Lake City, Utah; was bishop twice of the Grant 6th ward; from 1957 to 1962, was in the Utah State Legislature; served as Salt Lake County Clerk from 1968 to 1983; died in 1991; allegedly raped a relative in Salt Lake City in the early 1980s
info: Utah House majority leader and LDS bishop in Utah; admitted in 2010 to a nude encounter with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub in 1985, when he was 28
info: Alabama; convicted; conviction was reversed on appeal
info: bishop in California; charged with 20 counts of child molestation, battery, rape, bigamy, stalking, and fraud; in 2002, was found guilty of bigamy, spousal abuse (battery) and child molestation
info: LDS bishop in Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 2016-2020; arrested in 2022 and charged with sexual abuse of two children in Virginia from 1997-2000; pleaded guilty in July 2023 in Virginia to four felony counts; sentenced in November 2023 in Virginia to prison time and supervised probation on release; charged in July 2023 in Pennsylvania with more child sex abuse charges
info: dentist in Idaho; accused of child sexual abuse and of having nonconsensual sex with a woman he admitting to drugging; given a withheld judgement; in December 2023, the Associated Press reported that the Mormon church had offered $300,000 to a victim and her mother to not use her story as the basis for a civil suit against the LDS church, and to keep the NDA secret
info: Washington state; accused of sexually abusing boys in the Shelton Ward near Olympia
info: Utah; pleaded guilty in 1983 to two counts of forcible sex abuse of a child and served six months in an inpatient treatment facility; the LDS church excommunicated him, but during a civil suit filed in 1989 by the victim, it refused to divulge information that he had previously revealed to church officials; in 1994, a federal judge awarded damages to the victim
info: former Mormon bishop and ward clerk in Tasmania, Australia and Queensland, Australia; charged in or before 2023 with multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor in two states in Australia
info: bishop in Lethbridge, Alberta (Canada); sexually assaulted several young girls; confessed to his bishop and a mission president, who told him not to report to police; convicted in 2019; sentenced in September 2020 to five years in prison and made to register as a sex offender
info: deputy county district attorney in Los Angeles, California; arrested in 1984 and charged with child sexual abuse; jumped bail; found guilty; sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison; lived secretly in Colorado for 20 months until federal investigators found him; local LDS church coverup alleged
info: LDS church member
info: Logan, Utah; convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl; sentenced to seven months in jail; arrested in 2023 and found competent to stand trial on charges of plotting to rape and murder a Logan, Utah woman
info: scout leader in Oregon; in 1989, was sentenced to five years in prison for child sexual abuse; released in 1994; in 2011, a victim filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, seeking $5.2 million
info: Washington; accused of sexual abuse in a civil lawsuit
info: Maricopa County, Arizona; former city manager in Snowflake and Holbrook and a public finance banker at the National Bank of Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse in 2004; pleaded guilty in 2005 to a reduced charge; sentenced to prison in Arizona in 2005
info: California (Milpitas Ward); convicted; served 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor under duress; three victims sued the LDS church, claiming it knew about his abuse but allowed him to work with children
info: Utah and West Virginia; sentenced to 35 to 75 years in prison for sexually abusing two children; local LDS church coverup alleged; LDS church settled civil lawsuit out of court for an undisclosed amount
info: seminary teacher, BYU religion professor; accused by his children of sexually abusing his daughters; excommunicated, rebaptized; confessed to sexual abuse, but has not been arrested or criminally charged
info: home teacher in Beaverton, Oregon; a victim filed a $55.7 million lawsuit against the Mormon church saying he had sexually molested him while being his home teacher; the alleged sexual abuse took place as often as twice a week for two years between 1987 and 1989
info: seminary teacher, Sunday school leader and youth leader in Corvallis, Oregon; convicted of Sodomy III (Class C Felony) for sexual abuse of a child; accused of sexually abusing multiple children
info: Boy scout leader in Kent, Washington; accused of sexual abuse in the 1970s; court records show that two Mormon bishops knew about the abuse allegations but did not tell police
info: scout leader in Seattle, Washington; the victim sued the Mormon church in 2006
info: sentenced in 2022 to prison in Utah for sexually abusing LDS missionaries
info: scout leader in Granada Hills, California; was in the Northridge ward until 1983; convicted in 1987 of sexually molesting multiple boy scouts; sentenced to six years in prison
info: California and Minnesota; sentenced to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for many years
info: accused of child sexual abuse; convicted; an LDS bishop was accused of failing to report the abuse
info: LDS church member
info: California and Arizona; convicted three times of child sexual abuse; sentenced in 1979 to 6 years in prison for sexually abusing a child; returned to the Mormon church after being released from prison, was made a scout leader and allegedly molested a scout on a campout in about 1987, according to a civil lawsuit; sentenced in Arizona in 1989 to 37 years in prison
info: missionary in Nevada; charged with sexually abusing two little children at an LDS chapel in the Las Vegas area; in 2005, made a plea deal to avoid prison, via an Alford plea to two counts; a local LDS leader allegedly failed to report the abuse to police; in 2008, sentenced to prison after violating the plea deal; as of 2024, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada as a registered sex offender
info: Missouri; criminal charges dropped; civil case in 2013, results unknown
info: ward young men's leader in Argentina; arrested in 2021 for alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in 2017; sentenced in 2022 to 13.5 years in prison
info: bishop and stake high council member in Utah; in 2019, was caught taking photos of a young woman in a dressing room in Tennessee; pleaded guilty in November 2019
info: Ontario, Canada; arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference
info: the Beaumont, Texas area; was sentenced in January 1994 to life in prison in Texas for repeated sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl in an LDS chapel during church meetings and in other locations; died in prison in 2020
info: bishop in California; in 2021, pleaded no contest to four molestation counts and was given an 18-year prison sentence, with credit for the three years he spent in county jail prior to his sentencing; father of a convicted Mormon child sexual abuser
info: Idaho; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse; sentenced to 30 years in prison; Mormon leaders failed to report abuse to police
info: St. George, Utah; pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual abuse; LDS leaders allegedly knew about the abuse and failed to report to police
info: bishop (twice), stake presidency counselor and therapist in Provo, Utah; called himself the "Porn King;" accused by 7 former patients of sexually abusing them during sessions, and by a cousin (alleged sex abuse in 1980s); an LDS bishop, a stake president (his business partner) and Utah DOPL all allegedly failed to report to police; arrested in November 2023; charged in December 2023
info: Anaheim, California; accused in 1986 of sexual abuse of seven boys; pleaded guilty to abusing six of them; was scheduled to receive a 30-year sentence
info: stake president (1981-1991) and physician in Fairfield, California; sentenced to prison in 1997 for sexually abusing two female patients, but the judge delayed the sentence pending an appeal; his conviction was later reversed
info: bishop and attorney in Oklahoma; arrested for indecent exposure before becoming an LDS bishop; accused of child sexual abuse; Mormon church leaders allegedly covered up the abuse
info: bishop and stake president in Utah and partner in a law firm that represented the LDS church; arrested in 1994 for soliciting a prostitute; pleaded guilty to a class B misdemeanor charge of patronizing a prostitute
info: bishopric counselor, seminary teacher and Boy scoutmaster; accused of sexually molesting several boys in his scout troops
info: Dallas, Texas in the 1980s
info: Idaho; pleaded guilty in 2008 to a felony charge of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16; detectives said the victim's family reported the abuse in 1999, but that it was dropped when they wouldn't cooperate with investigators
info: scout leader, with multiple charges of child sexual abuse over 6 years, convicted in the late 90s in Maryland, and is currently registered as a sex offender.
info: LDS church member, school administrator and state senator in Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of sexual harassment; died in 2015; a victim said he sold her repeatedly to sex trafficking clients at a motel in Las Vegas
info: scout leader in southern California; pleaded no contest to two counts of child molestation as part of a plea agreement wherein six other molestation charges were dropped; sentenced in 1991 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two of his scouts for several years; as of 2024, registered sex offender living in Granada Hills, California
info: LDS church member
info: temple worker in California; convicted of sexually molesting boys
info: scout leader in Idaho; convicted in 1984 of child sexual abuse; a Mormon bishop approved his application to be a scout leader despite his prior sex crime conviction
info: Las Vegas, Nevada
info: scout leader in Idaho; confessed to sexually abusing 24 boys; pleaded guilty to molesting two boys; sentenced to 150 days in prison and 15 years of probation; local LDS church coverup alleged; one of his victims came forward, spurring lawsuits against the Mormon church and the BSA
info: Utah
info: Washington; confessed to sexual abuse of his two underage stepdaughters; convicted; Mormon church lost a civil lawsuit and was court ordered to pay the victims $2.5 million
info: seminary teacher in New Zealand; found guilty in 2013 of sexual abuse of multiple underage boys; local Mormon leaders allegedly failed to report his abuse
info: in 2001, in 2002, found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent
info: Salt Lake City, Utah area (including Holladay); pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse in the 1990s
info: Gallman and Hazelhurst, Mississippi; died in 2015; a victim said he sexually abused them when they were a child; the abuse allegedly took place during Sunday branch meetings; the branch president and stake president allegedly knew about the abuse but failed to report it to law enforcement
info: environmental lawyer in Indiana; found guilty; sentenced in 2023 to probation; local LDS church leaders allegedly knew of his criminal behavior but did not report to police
info: scout leader in Slaterville, Weber County, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse; sentenced to six years to life in prison; released on parole on March 2008
info: Maricopa County, Arizona; accused of child sexual abuse; pleaded guilty in 2014 to a reduced felony charge
info: co-founder of Sundance Film Festival and director of some Mormon temple endowment videos; publicly accused of sexual abuse of two children in two separate instances; sentenced to prison in 2019 for child sexual abuse
info: Ogden, Utah; pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse
info: bishop in Nampa, Idaho; was removed from his position in 2021 after child sexual abuse allegations surfaced; was charged with four sex crimes; pleaded guilty to one felony count; sentenced in 2022 to prison
info: West Valley, Utah; found guilty of sexually abusing 7 little girls for 14 years; the abuse was reported to parents and bishop and they did nothing
info: physician in Rexburg, Idaho; was accused of sexual abuse by at least 133 women and children (some as young as 13 years old) over a period of 30 years or more; admitted to sexual abuse; found guilty of misdemeanor battery; sentenced to 30 to 60 days in jail and two years probation; the Mormon church placed him on probation and took his temple recommend
info: sentenced in 1985 to five years' probation for sexually abusing two children, ages 4 and 7; a 2002 lawsuit against the LDS church accused Mormon leaders of providing a safe harbor for Young; as of 2024, lives in Ogden, Utah as a registered sex offender
info: police officer in Idaho; allegedly abused 20 babies over a 30 year period; found guilty in 2010 of lewd conduct with a child under 16; sentenced to 25 years in prison.

The LDS church has paid over $21.8 million (not adjusted for inflation) to victims in these cases.
A survivor who was awarded damages in 1994 said:
"When is everyone going to realize that this shit's got to stop? There are children out there being abused every day."

For years, I’ve struggled in what to believe in. I grew up Mormon but left in all but name when I was around 13. Since then, I’ve gone back and forth on who/what I believe in.
Just recently, I’ve considered paganism, specifically henotheism. As I can’t write off all my strange experiences.
Today, I got really sick and when I was taking a shower, I prayed to Asherah (who I’ve been looking into) to help me get better soon and I would worship her in exchange. The problem is, I’m also interested in Freyja, or Norse gods in general. It feels like I should venerate her instead because I have Scandinavian ancestry and even have Old Norse runes. I’m scared that if I try to worship both, one will feel neglected compared to the other and I don’t want to try and incur their wrath.
So what is the next step? Keep in mind, my parents don’t know about me being interested in paganism but know about me not believing in the LDS church. For now, they just think I’m agnostic. And I’d rather not tell them about this until later.
I have a Pagan friend (who worships Norse gods I think) and was hoping to maybe have them help me out.
Any advice is appreciated.
UPDATE: I’ve felt more drawn to worship Asherah rather than Freyja, especially because she’s answered my prayers about granting me the strength to recover from my sickness. Because I can’t find any non-nude statues of her, I’m going to print out or draw a picture of her as a visual representation on my shrine. Thank you for giving me advice.

For years as a TBM, I thought anti-Mormon literature was simply made up lies about the church. For example, Mormons have horns, Mormons eat babies, Mormons get married in the nude (this one from my non-member mom before I got married in the temple). It was a simple decision for me to avoid anti-Mormon literature since it was all lies to make the church look bad.
In the last few years, I discovered a whole world of history that is considered by TBMs to be anti-Mormon literature. In reality, it's real history, the truth about what actually happened in the early and modern church. It just happens to not be faith-promoting. Boyd Packer did a real number on church members by insisting that some truths should be buried because they are not faith promoting.
We all deserve the complete picture, warts and all, to be able to have informed consent. Now I draw from a much wider world. I use critical thinking skills, good sources, podcasts, books, etc. I highly resent that I was lied to and bamboozled as a 16 year old convert.
It's actually brilliant on the church's part to scare people way from research, since many members (but not all) are shocked and disillusioned when they realize what's been going on all these years. Hence, out we go, or fade away, or become PIMO, or ExMo. The internet is the key to this revolution. Thank you Google, RFM, Bill Reel, John Dehlin, Mike LDS Discussions, Rebecca Biblioteca, Dan Vogel, The Widow's Mite, FloodLit.org, and so many more. Please keep doing what you're doing. It's rolling forth.

So several years ago my wife and I discussed going to the local nude beach, blacks Beach in San Diego, and we did finally go. We kept ourselves and really talk to anybody but found the Sun on our naked bodies to be amazingly gratifying and totally enjoyable just to be out with no swimsuits and no worries. We go to Maui a couple times a year and started going to Little Beach. This last year we actually started talking to some people and met a couple and through conversation it turned out they were LDS and very active. I love being naked, not necessarily in a sexual way with other people just the feeling of the sun and the water and the honesty that comes with no clothes. Anybody else?

With 2023 coming to a close, let's take a look back at The Church in the News: 2023 Edition
JANUARY

LDS Utah Man Kills Wife, Five Children and Mother-in-Law after finding out wife filed for divorce - THE NEW YORK TIMES
Obituary and comments section praises the life of Enoch, Utah LDS father who killed his wife and children. - NBC NEWS
LDS Church settles with Tacoma sex abuse survivor for $1.1 M after a preschooler was sexually abused by church leader and the bishop discouraged the parents from going to the police. 31 more lawsuits pending. - THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
Queer athletes tell their story of competing for BYU; Slurs, Racism, Honor Code - USA TODAY
Grammys presenter talks about Brandi Carlile’s music helping her leave the oppressive LDS Church on national television

FEBRUARY

The Mormon Church’s investment arm is under SEC investigation over past efforts to keep the size of its $100 billion portfolio a secret. Whistleblower Details New Allegations including Deceptive statements, Fraudulent SEC filings, Tax avoidance, and Foreign accounts- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Mormon church fined for scheme to hide $32 billion investment portfolio - CBS NEWS
LDS Church sues The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Heather Gay for using the words “Bad Mormon,” the title of her new book, on merch or future podcasts and entertainment. - THE NEW YORK TIMES

MARCH

New study shows 1/4 people viewed Mormons as less favorable, less favorable than Muslims. - PEW
Utah Man Charged with having 8,000 images of child porn, including Mormon-themed porn depicting Joseph Smith. - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
LDS Elder’s Quorum President Dentist kills wife by lacing her protein shakes with poison. Bishop counsels the ward to not talk to the public, and to refer any questions to the Stake President. Online searches show James Craig searching for questions like “is arsenic detectable in an autopsy?” and “how to make murder look like a heart attack. - CNN

APRIL

Bishopric counselor caught sexting a teen girl in his congregation. Bishop was notified by the girl's mother. Bishop did not report it to police after multiple attempts. So the girl's mother went straight to the police. - CACHE VALLEY DAILY
LDS Primary Teacher Buckland Darrell (Washington) arrested after sitting next to 6-year-old boy at church and molesting him in the pew, and other isolated parts of the church. He also sexually abused a boy in the child’s bedroom when he was visiting a family’s home for Thanksgiving, and three other children who were brothers and attended the same ward as Darrell. - KOMO NEWS

MAY

LDS Utah mom, who wrote a children's book about grief after her husband’s death, is charged with murdering him with fentanyl. - CNN
LDS man from Nephi, Utah, Kenneth M Richens (60), Head of Utah charity that provides education for children, charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, including sex tourism in Cambodia and the Philippines, and had child pornography on his phone. - The SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
60 MINUTES report on $100 billion fortune built by the secret investment arm of the LDS Church.
Masked Singer finalist revealed to be David Archuleta who discussed how the church made him feel evil and pushed him towards suicide, and how leaving the church was liberating.
The Aces (band) open up about growing up in the oppressive church and Utah and how that was a topic of their new album - BBC
On May 1, PornHub blocks all Utahns from seeing their website to protest Utah’s new law requiring users to provide their ID. Google searches for VPNs skyrocket in Utah after May 1. - NEWSWEEK

JUNE

LDS parents try to sue Skyridge High School for violating their religious freedom after their son left class to have sex with his girlfriend. The federal judge threw out the case. - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
LDS Home TeacheMinistering Brother Shawn N Frost raped three children of family he was assigned to in his ward. - TAMPA FREE PRESS
BYU Professor charged with forcible sex abuse of four of his student interns. - ABC4 UTAH

JULY

LDS Doomsday leader Lori Vallow Daybell gets multiple life sentences for murders of her 2 children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s first wife. In court, she testified that God allowed her to communicate with the children she killed in the Spirit World and told the judge she knew for a fact that her children were happy in heaven. - NBC NEWS
LDS Church battles Cody Wyoming residents in court over unwanted temple. - COWBOY STATE DAILY

AUGUST

LDS UVU Criminal Justice Professor and Utah Police officer, Daniel Waddington, arrested for recording a 13-year-old-girl taking a shower. Police found child pornography on his laptop, including content he filmed himself. One photo was taken in his own classroom, up one of his student’s skirts. - FOX 13 NEWS
FBI fatally shoots LDS Provo man who threatened to assassinate President Joe Biden with a sniper rifle from a parking garage. - NBC NEWS
Ruby Franke, LDS Utah influencer, arrested on child abuse charges after malnourished child in duct tape is found. - NBC NEWS
Utah community theatre under fire for knowingly casting a child sex offender in shows with minors, and not notifying the children and their parents. KC Cook had sodomized a child three times as an EFY counselor, in the LDS Temple parking lot. The theatre runners defended Cook when parents found out and confronted them. They said, “he had atoned for what he did wrong, and that if we wanted to continually punish him, we were the ones in the wrong.” Cook was found to be texting a 14-year-old cast member at the time. FOX13
New BYU research shows that Utah has higher rates of rape than the national average, and has been higher than the national average since 1991. In addition, Utah has lower reporting rates than the national average, with less than 12% of rape victims reporting their crimes to the police. Utah County data indicate less than ⅓ of reported sexual assault cases were referred by law enforcement for prosecution, and only 11% were prosecuted. - KUTV
Utah Court reinstates James Huntsman's lawsuit against Church for misuse of members' tithing dollars. - SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

SEPTEMBER

New Netflix series Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America reveals the LDS Church covered up the abuse of their scouts. It was an LDS case that blew open the whole international investigation. An LDS troop leader molested 15 of his boy scouts and the bishop kept him in the calling after it was reported to him.. The LDS Church is tied to 4800 abuse claims.
David G. McConkie, grandson of Apostle Bruce R. McConkie, and brother of Oscar McConkie of LDS law firm Kirton & McConkie, was arrested for child sexual abuse. He molested a child for nine years from infancy until they were preteen. He confessed to his bishop in 2008 but it was not reported to authorities. In 2016, he was called to be the Stake President of the Colorado Springs East Stake. - THE GAZETTE
LDS Church distances itself from O.U.R.’s Tim Ballard after he falsely uses church leadership in promoting his business, claims he has 10,000 pages of revelations from dead Book of Mormon Prophet Nephi, and is under investigation for sexually assaulting several women. LDS Church scrubs website of talks and books from Tim Ballard, and removes BYU-Idaho devotional of Apostle M. Russell Ballard sharing his experience working closely with Tim Ballard. - VICE
Top LDS Church Counselor in Utah, Jodi Hildebrandt, arrested on child abuse charges. - TODAY
LDS Sound of Freedom producer caught on camera touching —what he believed at the time—a teenager’s bare breasts. O.U.R. tried destroying the footage. - VICE
Returned Missionary man in Utah, Jesse Allan Knight, sentenced to 15 years for paying children $30K for nude photos, production of child pornography as young as three years old, and two counts of human trafficking of a minor. - KSL NEWS

OCTOBER

LDS man in Lehi, Utah murders wife because he was frustrated with her. - KSL
Six men accuse BYU and Church leaders of sending them to a Church-approved therapist, who molested them. A woman also says this therapist molested her when she was 13 years old. The therapist, Scott Owen, was also a bishop at the time. - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
Ex-Mormon Survivor contestant, Sean Edwards, tells how Survivor helped him reclaim his life after growing up Mormon on Season 45.
LDS doomsday family (Thibaudeau and Snarr families) from Arizona disappear with a kidnapped teen they believe is chosen by God who will play a significant role in the Savior’s return. - NEWSWEEK
LDS father of four, Aaron Pennington, murders wife by shooting her in the head after he found out she was saving up to divorce him. He is still at large. - ABC NEWS

NOVEMBER

Two members of an Idaho LDS congregation were threatened with disciplinary action after they tried to alert other ward members of their Bishop who had confessed to sexually abusing a minor. Church leaders did not report the bishop to the police. - THE DAILY MAIL
A Minnesota church member and social worker claims he was stripped of his church positions after he spoke out about a registered sex offender who had been called to a leadership position.- THE DAILY MAIL
Area Presidency tells women in California not to sit on the stand, saying it is only for the bishopric. - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
Over 120 LDS women and children have come forward and accused LDS doctor Dr. David Farley of sexually abusing them. Claim he used positions of trust in the ward to sexually abuse them. - NEWS NATION
LDS members among executives in Utah company Rubicon arrested on human trafficking charges. - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge contestant 299 shares that he grew up Mormon but is questioning what he was taught and seeking answers. A finalist also says he grew up in a religious family from Idaho and Utah and was disowned by his parents when he came out as gay.
LDS Church met by strong backlash from Heber Valley residents over newly-announced temple. Residents express concern that temple lights will ruin Heber's dark skies, it was too tall, and that the temple would need to pump out millions of gallons of groundwater daily. After the backlash, the church agrees to dim the lights making it one of the dimmest temples in the world. - SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

DECEMBER

Recordings reveal LDS Church and Church lawyers offering $300,000 to victims of sexual abuse to be silent, destroy evidence, and sign NDAs. - AP NEWS
New study showed suicide rates in Utah have increased by 12% from 2021 to 2022. - KSL
FOX 13 investigations led to LDS Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes’ withdrawal for reelection. He was closely tied to Tim Ballard, and accused of helping covering up sexual assault cases as the top law enforcement officer in Utah. - FOX 13
LDS family, and owners of Angel Studios, The Harmon Brothers, are caught deceiving audiences, using donation funds in mysterious ways, and violating SEC rules. - ROLLING STONE
Native American Museum rejects LDS Church’s $2 million donation due to their worry that the LDS Church would try to staff the museum LDS missionaries to proselytize, or use Native American historical records to baptize their deceased ancestors. - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
Several women tried to report their LDS OB-GYN to Provo police for sexual assault. They were met with delays or denied because no officer at the station could speak Spanish. OB-GYN David Broadbent’s office was across the street from BYU’s freshman dorms. There are at least 94 women included in the lawsuit against Broadbent. - THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
LDS school janitor previously charged with child sex abuse arrested on new charges. - FOX13
LDS founder of Nikola, Trevor Milton, sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding investors -CNN Business
LDS Church faces backlash from local farmers in Nebraska after buying 370,000 acres of land in Nebraska and driving out farmers. - THE DAILY MAIL
Netflix releases Documentary ‘Hell Camp’ about a Utah-based teen therapy organization, led by officials who are LDS, and their deadly child abuse.
Trailer for Hulu’s documentary, ‘Daughters of the Cult’ is released. The documentary is about women who had escaped a fundamentalist LDS branch led by Ervil LeBaron.
LDS YouTuber Ruby Franke and leading LDS therapist Jodi Hildebrandt both plead guilty to child abuse. - ROLLING STONE

I'm sure I missed some, these were just the ones I caught throughout the year and remembered to write down. Let me know of any others I may have missed.
And may your 2024 be better than the Church's.

Hi there,
This might be long. Please read all before commenting.
I am Australian/America moved here 23years ago and never had church or anything related to church and church people in my life. I was sexually and physically abused as a child which has given me bad ptsd later in life. I have spent most of my life head down and to say yes and become submissive to alpha people. I though I met true love with a lady online l, she is lds and she would use, I asked Jesus the answer to this when she needed to but when she didn't she was doing drugs and just an lds when it is convenient.
I did not know what a mormon or lds was or meant. I moved here to the US to be with her, I thought she was my soul mate, which I do not believe in anymore. As I felt love for her we had 4 girls together and getting through culture differences was tuff, I had to change alot to get along with her family and friends, it was not easy. But I loved her. During our time together I would talk to church members, I always felt looked down on and like I need to conform and cut my hair and goto church. I really did not understand what I was doing but it made them happy so I went along. Missionaries came to our house alot and I felt for them and they strongly worked the angle that I was a huge family man and my kids meant everything to me, so I joined as they said the church was all about family.
My ex ended up cheating on me alot via online I know this as I am in IT and she had logged into my machine and I followed my gut and looked and was correct but being a non confrontational person would just get more and more depressed and have outbursts as it weighs on you big time. I ended up getting electric shock therapy as the wife and her family was always non understanding of a woman could do anything wrong. I treated her family better than my own on beck n call for lsd laptops and work on all their pcs and homeschooling server. As I grew up treating people the way you would want to be treated. She ended up swapping nudes and more to cybering with some of my wow friednds which was a game we both played, and when she met a guy again who before we were together she was 22+ he was 13, she groomed but then found I would come give her a chance as we were both single then got together she dumped him. But used him to vent and make up stories against me during our marriage to get attention from him in the background. We planned all our kids and then she had me fixed after our 4th daughter. I was ok with that as I just wanted to make her happy.
I cannot talk alot about what happened as I had to take a plea deal about this nightmare as he is fluent in law. I was evicted from my house diabetic type 1 and disabled during start of covid. Put in the brother in laws drug dealers house, which was a better of 2 evils. I had to sleep on park bench alot when drug parties would happen where they put me. He is also mormon. I begged for help from the church having mutual nude photos between my ex and her old bf and now husband to prove she was in the wrong here. The bishop ignored me and did nothing. I was only 100$ short on being in a place of my own to work on myself and reflect but instead he offered me a push bike and that was it. Paying tithing for years on disability even I was offered no help but here is a push bike and go away.
I was told I had a warrant for my arrest so I turned myself in, not having any law problems ever I thought I would talk to someone about what was happening and be home. But all the times I was told it was ok to contact my girls it was not she used all those contacts to my daughters to get a 10yr protection order to keep me away from my girls. I wrote a note to her now husband begging to please stop this nonsense and put the lawyer money towards the girls. He used that very text to charge me taking it another way for tampering with a witness. Cultural differences mean nothing to mormons you should always just conform to them and then i was told after an 18yr marriage I was obsessed with my wife. Lol there is not love but obsession after 18yrs and 4 kids. I was mind bown and broken. I asked many bishops from around slc area for help and got a brick wall. If you need financial help or mental help mormons just stop responding. Long long story later I couldn't do jail so I was stupid and my public defender told me to take a plea deal.
My ex and her parents are big in the church and the police the judge and everyone in this circle was lds and they believed every single word she said which maybe 2% was with no proof at all. From I left her barefoot and pregnant to I was physically abusive. Which she had me convinced I was a bad person as everyone would repeat what she said. I paid 3000 for a forensic eval which showed I was in the negative for all of the bs that I was accused of. The church circle is strong and scarey in Utah is why I only visit my girls now once a month for a weekend and fly right back out of state. They even had me do 3yrs probation which of course I flew through as I am not a violent person and I love my girls.
We have spent over 30k on each side at least during this mess and just so I could see my girls again. That's 60+k which is college for my girls which sickens me. She was also found out fo4 welfare fraud and never charged or jailed. She sexually abused a 13yr old and was never charged. She committed tax fraud and was never charged. Alot more to this story but mormons will only look at the mormon pov of issues and never the otherside of the coin. My question is, is this normal? And other men wanting to be with a mormon agree if you do not live in utah as you are just damning yourself to alot of hell.
I also have been trying to leave the church after the last 2 bishops here told me I cannot afford to see my daughters taking it out on credit that I should just save and let the girls choose to see me after 18 and let them live in that mess without seeing how regular people have good hearts and mormons are a scarey cult.
They will not take my name out. And I keep going in debt as my girls are my family and they deserve both parents. And they label me and have disassociate me with my eldest keeping her at the parents and pushing how bad I am to the girls non stop. She was my little buddy and now she is adopted by this new young man who I have never even met. When she turned 18. Every trigger I ever had from last name changes to anything I never agreed with thet took hard notes and push it x1000. Alot of my friends say they are just wanting me dead and out of the picture and they do try hard and have for years and my advice to anyone not from USA moving to Utah as a male run! Head for the hills and out. Stepping back and looking that all that happened, I cannot stress enough mormons pray off the unstable and people with problems. If you need help they will shut the doors. And they do not take bad feedback. You will be pushed up towards God if you make them money or have a good obedient life style, if you don't want to be a drone move out of Utah it is a breathe of fresh air. Take care and money won't get you a place in heaven.

Hello, I cannot give out my real name but you can call me Chrissy. I am writing my life story here because i’ve never told it to anyone before. No one has really cared to listen, and ive been too embarrassed to tell my complete life story to a therapist. My life story has made me into the person I am: an unlovable, sociopathic, abusive, monster. I have been diagnosed with ASPD (sociopathy) and NPD (narcissism). So, reddit, here it is, in all its glory. Thank you for taking the time to read this, I appreciate you so so much. Please read to the end, it’s pretty interesting I think.
I was born December 11, 2002 of Mexican and native descent. At birth I was adopted into the care of two older white people.
In January, 2001 they adopted my brother, lets call him John.
I was raised LDS (mormon), in a very strict white family. We were sheltered from a lot of media. I was innocent growing up.
Other than that, my parents were very involved with us. I was active, participated in clubs, mom was part of PFA, all that jazz. She was a SAHM and I was never alone really. I’d say they were good parents. I was an extremely energetic, happy, social child. My brother and I had an amazing relationship. We fought sometimes but we played together a lot. We were like two peas in a pod.
2012-3rd grade (11)
For several months I had a teacher molesting me. I don’t remember much to be honest. Another staff member walked in when I was in his classroom during recess. Because of failure to report or something, my parents sued the school and I got a fat settlement. I can’t say this traumatized me since I don’t remember much, I just figured I would add this.
2013- 4th Grade (10)
This is when everything started, when life went downhill and I was knocked down for so many years after this. John began showing me porn and talking about sexual things with me. Just small stuff, like telling me about sex and what it is. This went on for several months. Then, he began touching me. We would wrestle and tickle each other a lot, and he’d sneak in a boob or vaginal grab. It then progressed into him fingering me against my will. I remember getting my period at age 10 and thinking I shat myself. 10 is not a normal age for a girl to get her period, and this should have been my mother’s first sign. Sometimes, he would do this a lot but other times he would go months without touching me. I also began wetting the bed at this point, which I hadn’t done since I was 4.
2013- 5th Grade (11)
John becomes more aggressive in the way he touches me and our relationship is severely diminishing. I always had very long nails and used them for my defense. I remember my mom always getting so mad at me because she saw the scratch marks and my brother ratted me out. I felt so dirty, so gross. I wasn’t a dumb kid, I kind of knew what I was doing was wrong because we were supposed to wait until marriage. That’s why I didn’t tell anyone, I was so afraid of getting in trouble because I had lost my virginity. I remember losing my virginity vividly. We were in my bathroom. It hurt, badly. It was not consensual. He told me that if I didn’t do this then he would tell mom and I would get grounded for life. An 11 year old’s vagina is not meant for a penis to penetrate.
Side note: as some point in the 5th grade I began watching porn and sexting 45+ yos online.
There were a lot, but there were 3 major ones who were in my life for a long period of time. Their names were: Dorito Diaz, Nick Moore, and Adam Jones. Adam Jones was the only one who was relatively close to my age. I believe he was 17 when we started sexting.
Another side note: I went to visit my aunt jane because my parents were on some sort of churchl trip. During this trip, my aunt jane’s husband, Randy, made several sexual comments to me that ranged from “you look sexy in your wetsuit to” “Your body would be more beautiful without that towel off,” when I attempted to run from the shower to my room with a towel. He also slightly grabbed my bum once. I was only 11 years old.
2014- 6th Grade (12)
My parents have began to notice that my usual hyper, lively self was diminishing. I had began cutting myself, arguing with my family, doing worse in school. My mother’s reaction to this was to make me lose weight, tell me that im too young to be this sad, to get over myself. Her idea of helping was punishing me for mental illness symptoms. I began having night terrors and horrible insomnia. I remember staying awake for 55 hours straight at one point. She punished me when I wouldn’t fall asleep within an hour. She punished me if I wasn’t being as talkative, etc. This is also when I began abusing drugs. I used nyquil, benadryl, sudafed, you name it. I’m not sure why I ever did this, if I’m being honest. I wasn’t allowed to watch mature TV at the time and didn’t know anyone who abused drugs, or know much about drugs. I don’t think I knew i was doing “drugs.” I think it originally started as a way to harm myself by taking random meds, but then I realized it felt so good. I was doing a LOT at once, like 18 sudafed, or 15 benadryl, or 10 nyquil. My drug of choice was benadryl though. In December of my 6th grade, my mother put me into therapy with a man named named Dr.Z.
So, my 6th grade year was a nightmare. I was horrified of my mother and night time.
The summer after 6th grade is when it all collapsed. I was at my best friend’s house watching a movie. I came home late, about 10 PM. My parents were angry, said that we needed to talk. They pulled out my journal, the journal that I had been using to keep myself afloat during night terror hours. I made my family promise to never look at it. That journal had several things of importance to my parents, talking about the abuse from my brother, my drug use, how I didn’t believe in God anymore, and how I planned on killing myself plus a suicide note. So that’s pretty cool. They were angry at me, my worst fears became reality. I remember being so shocked when they told me what they found that i was unable to speak for 10 or so minutes. I couldn’t cry. I was just so ashamed. My brother was at scout camp for all of this. They were so angry when I told them I didn’t believe in God. But how could I? At the time I felt like I was haunted, like there were demons all around me. The night terrors were so intense at this point. I barely slept.
That night I just sat and stared at the ceiling with a blank mind. I felt my body shutting down, like I was high, except I hadn’t consumed any drugs. My brother would be at scout camp for another 2 days, so I spent the next 48 hours just waiting for what would come.
It was not pretty when he came home. I heard their arguments through the walls. My brother was screaming and wailing. They found so much porn on his 3ds and the computer that they never bothered to hide adult content on, or check the search history. My mother ended up confiscating all of our devices, games, access to internet, no one was allowed to come over or go out. It went on like this for a long time.
My parents made an executive decision. A weird, rash one, but knowing their context having grown up in super small white mormon towns, it sort of made sense. They called the police. They just thought they would scare him into never watching porn again, or something like that. But they didn’t understand that we moved to Los Angeles, a city where cops are not known to have that small town hospitality. And John was a little brown, native, hispanic boy. He was not a white blue eyed individual. He was very dark, and so was I. They interviewed John, and then me. Two interviews with and without parents. They were two white cops, around 35-40, a male and female. They were not friendly. I was 12 and they grilled me like an adult criminal. They were so mean to my parents too. I know I’ve been shitting on them but they were so heart broken and sad that they let this happen. That night I watched my 14 year old brother who I still loved so much getting arrested on a rape charge. My mother screamed and bawled her eyes out. She asked me how could I let this happen to their family. Why would I tell the police the things I did. I only told them the truth though, I did not say “John raped me.” Even though he did, I didn’t know that it was rape at the time. Not until all of the court hearings, and years after my family tried to convince me it wasn’t rape, I recognize that it was rape.
My mother was so angry for so long. I never saw her happy until maybe 3 years later. She couldn’t even smile. Why did I do this? Why did I tear my family apart? I never should have let him touch me or written in the journal.
My mother sent me in to talk to our “Bishop,” the mormon equivalent of a pastor. He took away my temple recommendation. This is a big deal in the church, he said I cannot go into the temple because I lost my virginity and that I destroyed my family. He said that to a 12 year old rape victim. He advised me to cover up more and to keep my legs closed in the future. I felt so disgusted.
I went to a few different court dates. My mother’s best friend came down to stay with us. I referred to her as “Aunt Jane.” She stayed with us for several court meetings and tried to convince me that John did absolutely nothing wrong. That this was completely my fault, maybe if I had changed the way that I acted or dressed around him, or if I had fought him harder then maybe I would still have my virginity. She insisted I take the blame in court. I remember her sitting beside me as we are waiting on the bench in the court room. The parole officer opened the doors and said “the victim and her family may come in” or something like that. Idk, I was 12. She muttered in my ear, “I like how they’re calling you the victim,” in a very sarcastic tone.
My mother heavily pressured me to testify in a way that would minimize the situation. I did not lie, but i tried as hard as I could to play it down. The judge saw through this though. She saw how terrified I was. She punished my brother what I believed to be adequate. He was sentenced to 6 months of juvee with some sort of sexual assault charge. My parents were furious, they couldn’t believe that she had sent him to juvee. My mother took all of this out on me, of course. I was made to feel like all of this was my fault. She punished me and screamed all the time. I hadn’t seen her smile or be happy in forever.
I remember having to go to some sort of CPS meeting. They talked to me alone. This was the first social interaction I had genuinely enjoyed in a while, since I wasn’t allowed to hang out with my friends, and my loved ones hated me. I remember our conversations very vividly because it was the first person to really listen to me and make me feel like it wasn’t my fault. I loved this experience. She asked me what happened, told me she is so sorry about what I went through.
Unfortunately, this was NOT my CPS case worker. My case worker was a fat black woman. Who asked me “why did you have sex with him? You know you can get pregnant, right?” No, miss lady whose name I don’t recall. I was a fucking 11 year old and did not really think about the repurcussions of sexual intercourse with my fucking older brother.
2015- 7th Grade (13)
Middle school was rough.
John is in juvee for 6 months, and he gets out during my beginning of 7th grade.
I had pretty much no friends due to being isolated for so long. At some point I had extreme gender dysmorphia and thought I was trans, though. I dont anymore, pretty sure this was just a symptom of sexual abuse. Ever since the 5th grade I had been very into emo, punk, alternative, and rock music. I was going through an emo phase. I still am, to be honest. Actually, I think a big part of my 20 year old self going and getting goth tattoos and multiple facial piercings was healing my little emo self. I correlate my emo phase with some of the worst years of my life. Not that being emo was bad, looking back it was silly and cringe but I still like the music and style. My mom hated it so much though, she actually made me throw out all of my “emo” shirts. I had spent a lot of money on these, if you (idk who im talking to bc no one will ever read this hopefully) ever went to hot topic, you know those shirts were $20+tax. $20 was a lot back then, especially to a 12 year old! She hated my music, she hated everything about me, and at one point my mom made it a rule that I was not allowed to use headphones bc she wanted to monitor the music I was listening to. And if i were to download music to my ipod, then my father had to go thru each and every song lyrics AND listen to it to make sure it’s not too “emo.” If a song had “damn” in it or any inclination of sex, I wasn’t allowed to listen to it.
I know this is just first world problem shit. My parents tried their best and we had money to go around, but this isn’t the only example of batshit crazy stuff my parents did. I have many, many more that I do not feel like typing. Basically, I grew up extremely sheltered with helicopter parents. I hated it
2016- 8th Grade (14)
I really don’t have much to put here to be honest. I forgot to mention, but once John was out of juvee I had a restraining order against him, placed by the judge, no one had a say in it. This restraining order was set indefinitely until the judge sees that he is fit to be near me again. He is living at my parents friends’ house. 8th grade was actually not a bad year for me, besides my parents still being psychos, I’m still having drug and sleep issues, I’m mostly miserable BUT! I have a friend group with 7 people! And theyre boys! Not in a weird way, at this point in my life I thought I was lesbian. I’ve gotten along with males better and still do to this day (yes, genuine male friends who ive never slept with). But, my mom started to let me hang out with friends again! I was allowed to go to downtown with my friends after school. It was a 10 minute walk away. I had some of the funnest days down there with my buds. We’d always get blaze pizza, they were so fun to hang out with. We were all nerdy ass kids on a discord server. Life was looking up for a little.
John was expected to move back in soon and I was so excited. Partially to see him, because I did miss him, but mostly because I just wanted my family to be back together. I wanted to see my parents happy again.
3 days before the 9th grade, we had a court hearing to determine whether or not John was fit to be placed back into our home. My parents didn’t think it was going to happen because the judge really did not like them, which is understandable. Looking back I thought of the judge as the bad guy because of how much my parents shit on her, but she wasnt. If I was a judge in this case, I would feel for the little girl too. The nervous, scared, broken, shaking little girl that stood up in front of her and measly attempted to downplay my brother’s rape and abuse. She saw all of my loved one stand up for my brother and not me, and she felt for me. For that, I cannot hate her. She took my family apart but, it was for the best. Maybe John and I really did need 2 years apart.
At this point, I am incredibly hypersexual. I was masturbating daily with a wooden hairbrush. I was overweight and had a lesbian haircut. I was also still so incredibly awkward and had no friends outside of my little circle. I didn’t talk to anyone in class, I was kind of a loser. This point in my life was the most insecure I’ve ever been. I was also still talking to Adam Jones. We are sexting every day. He is out of high school at this point I believe, I really can’t remember. I don’t regret him grooming me. It was someone to talk to to distract the pain with. None of my friends knew what was going on. I needed an escape.
Side note: as some point during my freshman year, my therapist, who had helped me through my sexual traumas, began to grope me. At first, I believed it was an accident. But after three times in a row where he groped my breasts and buttocks, I did not believe it was an accident. I stopped seeing him after the third time, where he firmly groped my buttocks.
2017- 9th grade (15)
I think this was actually the happiest point of my life before 4th grade. This is probably the last time I remember being happy. My brother moved back in during the summer, and I had dedicated my summer to losing weight. I went from about 155 to 130! I felt great, I got into skincare, makeup, fashion a little bit. My parents were happy for the first time in so long. I had picked up bass guitar during my 8th grade year and It was awesome! I was so happy. I just want to go back to my first day of high school. I finally had the same confidence and desire to be around people that I had before 4th grade. It felt like everything was coming back into place.
Unfortunately, I was still incredibly hyper sexual. I masturbated a LOT. like multiple times a day at least. Boys at school gave me a LOT of new attention that I had never received before. In my brain I was still the weird, fat girl that I had always been growing up, so getting attention like this from a boy was a completely new feeling. His name was Enrique, the first boy that gave me that attention. I had never even kissed a man at this point. Enrique was hot, I still think he is. He was captain of the water polo team, half hispanic half black. A fit, good looking man. Never in my dreams did I picture someone like that would have given me attention. I can’t even remember how we met, honestly. He was a year above me, a sophomore. He took my virginity (I do not count John), without a condom, in the gender neutral bathroom before first period. I was 14 years old. I loved every second of it. I was in love with him, he was my first for everything. I had never even had a boy like me before. For context, I had two close male friends (genuine male friends who never tried getting in my pants or anything like that). Their names were Chris and Chad . Chris was on water polo with Enrique, which come to think is probably how we met. After I told Chris that I slept with Enrique, he informed me that he had a girlfriend of 4 years. I was devastated. My first real heartbreak. Anyways, I don’t care about Enrique anymore. The point of this anecdote is that I had a completely broken concept of what sex means. I did not think that maybe I should not have sex with anyone who asked, and especially not in the fucking gender neutral bathroom.
me losing my virginity snowballed into having rampant sex with anyone who would pay any attention to me. In my freshman year alone, my body count was most likely 12 or so. I did not believe that sex correlated with self respect or discipline whatsoever. I thought my actions were completely normal. And of course, most of the high school knew what I was doing. I also sent nudes to many boys. And some screenshots went around. Everyone knew what I was. A dirty, fucking, whore. But I didn’t care at this point. I had so many friends and classes were so much fun! I was good friends with all of my table mates and we had so much fun
My main friend group, the one from middle school, knew as well. They were clearly uncomfortable and drifting away from me. I started hanging out with a different group more. They were similar to my other group, nerdy white asian kids. We had a discord that we talked on everyday. I was also hanging out with Chris and Chad a lot at this point.
One day, I sent a school shooting joke to a friend. His name was Brandon. His mother saw it and called the police. I ended up getting arrested and suspended for 10 days. This was pretty traumatic when it happened but honestly I look back and laugh.
After this, I attempted to kill myself by drinking an entire bottle of vodka. My mother found me in the church closet and brought me to the hospital where my stomach was pumped. Had she not found me i would have died. I wish i was never found.
Alex.
We met through Chris because he was on water polo. I was friends with a lot of WP players. Should i skip this story? Its hard to tell it.
Here is a link to the soundcloud playlist i made when we were dating. I loved you so much. You took my innocence you took everything from me.
Alex and I began dating, and he wasn’t just using me for sex. He was so obsessed with me and I mistook that for love. I honestly don’t really want to go into large amounts of detail, because our relationship was a year long and there is so much fucking lore, i just dont wanna type all of it. But he physically, sexually, and emotionally abused me. To an extreme. There were many times he would go too far in bed, he would push my boundaries and i would scream for him to stop but he wouldnt. He told me i would let him do this if i loved him. I was young, i didnt fully understand how sex worked. I believed him. He made me give him passwords to everything, tracked me, it felt like i was walking on eggshells. I would never picture cheating on him. I loved him so much. I spent all my energy and effort on this man. He left me for his ex. The girl that i had asked him to stop talking to so many times. Why didnt i stand up for myself? Bc i was utterly obsessed with this man, i felt like he was my entire world. He ends up leaving lolo for me anyways. At some point during this, as i was walking home from wrestling match, Lolo her friend Kaitlyn, and kaitlyn’s bf beat my ass to the point of a black eye, fractured nose, and lots of bruises then threw me into a dumpster. They took lots of photos which circulated. I told my mom it was from a wrestling match. I never told anyone what happened, i was so embarrassed. After this, i got boxing gloves and learned some self defense techniques. I have NEVER lost another fight after this, and I’ve gotten into a few. In fact, the rest of my life after this point I’ve always focused on upper body at the gym. I NEVER wanted to feel weak again. I’m actually incredibily confident in my ability to fight these days, as I tend to go out and start shit at bars a lot. I am a lot stronger than I look, probably because I am filled with uncontrollable rage.
Throughout our relationship alex made me cut off all of my male friends. He made me block everyone even cousins. I had done absolutely nothing to make him think i was cheating. He consistently skyped me and made me watch him cut himself, telling me that i made him do this. I could write pages of things that he did to me but i dont have the time. Our relationship ended when he said he found someone better and left me. He told me hed been cheating the entire time.
I dont know why this affected my life so much but it did.
2018- 10th grade (16)
This year wasn’t bad to be honest. Alex was out of my life at the very start of the school year. I kept doing well in all of my classes. I began smoking a lot of pot tho. Peter and i are very close and briefly dated before going back as friends. On my 16 birthday was the first day i sold my body. I met a man at the movie theatres a week prior. I wont go into detail but he basically pimped me out. I slept with 10 ish men before my parents became very concerned as to where i was getting all of this money from. I racked around $200 a session. They knew my age. They knew i was only 16 years old. Their ages ranged from 35-60. It was so gross and i hated it. My “pimp” threatened me if i stopped. One day i just had enough and had to stop though, i threatened to tell my parents and he blocked me.
I lost all of my friends at the very end of this school year because im a toxic, angry, piece of shit. Besides Natalie chris chad and Jolie.
2019 - 11th grade (17)
I was incredibly depressed at the start of this year. I didnt have many friends. I began a 2 year old college program called IB. it was rigorous, i had 8+ hours of homework a day, but it kept me busy. But hey, i was top 30/650 in my class!
I met a man named Holden. We began fucking/dating (mostly fucking). He introduced me into a world of drugs. I tried coke, GHB, ketamine, molly, xanax, and some other mystery pills that i never even knew the name of. Probably a perc or something similar. One time, after accidentally taking all of his pills he blew up on me and got violent. Never hit me, but threw thing, pushed me into a wall… etc
The next day i went to greece with my family. While i was there i found out that he was cheating on me bc he posted on his private story in bed with a lady naked. Mustve forgotten i was on there. I blocked him and we never spoke again.
My rampant drug use continued. I had an ecstasy addiction for about 2 months. I abused adderall and other uppers for 8 months before i quit.
At the end of this school year i began dating Luciano.
2021 -12th grade (18)
Senior year was okay. I made a few more friends. luciano , or luc, was a loser. I had to do all of his homework. BUT he was rich and went to our rival school that was private and cost 80k a year to go to. He was an oaky bf. I attempted to leave him about 12 times but was never allowed. When i mean enver allowed, like physically. He literally locked me in bathrooms, boarded the doors shut… i tried to escape through a window and he caught me. But to be fair, after all of this attempted entrapment, I began to abuse him. He was much smaller than me. At the time, I weighed around 150 lbs and he was about 110 lbs. I physically abused him because it gave me a sense of control. I think it kind of turned me on too. It only happened a dozen or so times, it wasn’t everyday.
In february of 2021 i found out i was pregnant. This was surprising, i was on birth control. I really wanted the baby actually. I was so happy! My parents were very supportive. Until 2.5 months later the nurse tells me that i miscarried. I was distraught. I began drinking A LOT. 3 months later, i go into get bloodwork done because i had been incredibly sick and miserable recently. Turns out I AM 5 MONTHS PREGNANT. The nurse misdiagnosed me. I had no idea what to do. Would my baby be okay? I had been vaping, smoking a shit ton of weed and drinking a fuck ton of liquor. At this point i also realized that the last person id want to have a child with was luciano. I did what i never thought i would do. I had an abortion. I am in no means pro choice, and i would never support a 5 month abortion but i had it when the doctors basically said my baby is fucked. Technically speaking, I would support another woman (based off varying circumstances) having an abortion but not myself. I never pictured myself having an abortion. I miss him everyday. I still keep his photo in my wallet. His name would have been Skyler.
My abortion, because it was so late, had to be surgical. When i first got there, they inserted metal clamps into my cervix and gave me several cervical shots. I had to sit in the room for 5 hours with NO painkillers to let the clamps loosen my cervix. I had never been in so much pain in my life. To this day i cannot think about anything being inserted into any private parts without having a physical reaction. There was one time my friend was telling me about how she got an IUD in her cervix and i kept asking her to stop talking about but she wouldnt so i puked. I writhed in pain for 5 hours the lady next to me was named Carmen. I remember that. It was her 5th abortion. I remember thinking that she was so gross and slutty for that, but how could I judge her?I was in here having a 5 month abortion. There was a tv in the room that ONLY played some kind of ad for a ninja stickless frying pan. I couldnt sleep at all because of the mass amounts of pain i was in. i cannot emphasize enough how painful this all was. There were also IVs in my arms for those 8 hours that i was in that facility. I remember freaking out at one point and trying to rip them out but the nurse wouldnt let me. The nurses were so kind. I remember crying when they called me in to put me under and begin the procedure. I didnt want to kill my baby, but i had to. My doctors name was Steve. I woke up and remember asking the doctors where luciano was, where my baby was.. Luciano drove me home, and bitched at me the entire time like he always did. He didnt care that i just went under an 8 hour painful procedure. He was so mean to me on the way home. I came home and got ready for an 8 hour shift. Fun times.
If you’re somehow reading this skyler… i miss you. Im sorry i couldnt bring you into this world. I regret it all the time. I think about you almost every day, amd its been almost 4 years. You would have been beautiful. I think all the time about how different my life would have been.
Itwasnt until i came to college that i could finally leave him. By the time i left him i had already been dating Solomon for a month, LOL. this is the only time i cheated and didnt really feel bad… luc threatened to kill himself and various other things if I left him.
2022- Freshman year (19)
I move to louisiana for college. Everyone asked me why i moved here. I tell them bc i think the state is beautiful, and i wanted a change of scenery… which is true. But i didnt move to LA for that. I moved bc i knew that LA was the last place anyone would look for me. I wanted to leave my past behind.
Since moving to LA i’ve done a good job actually. Ive only slept with 5 men, not bad for college tbh. I did end up cheating on solo with a woman. He broke my arm. Solo and i were very physical with each other, he would sort our arguments out physically a lot. We are still good friends to this day. He actually just recently offered to go beat up a dude whos been shit talking me, LOL.
i was sent to the psych ward for attempting to kill myself. But other than that, and my intense drinking problem, its been better.
2023- Sophomore Year (20)
No, not really. Im incredibly depressed and somewhere down the line i went from a very sweet loving BPD girl to a serial cheater narc. I dont know what happened honestly, i just got angry at the world. I was tired of being used and abused and i wanted to take it out on men. I really only abuse men. Never friends tho, im a pretty good friend id say. I love my friends. Only men who want to have sex with me, it’s like a trigger or something. If theyre attracted / try and fuck me it gives me the green light to destroy their life.
What sent me into a deep depression was that summer where I lived with Chris and Paris. Paris scammed me out of $1400 which I still affects me to this day. After I moved out of this place I have never recovered. I was sent into a deep depression which is still affecting me into this day. I started doing my porn, specifically on chaturbate.com. My username is []. iF you look this username up you can find unlimited nudes of me. This is not me anymore. I am no longer a slut and I refuse to show myself nude to random men. I wish I had never done this. I wish I had preserved my dignity, but at the time I felt like I deserved it. It felt like a punishment I deserve because of the disgusting person I was. I’ve cheated on so many people, I’ve done so many people wrong. How could I ever deserve anything else? Only recently have I discovered how to respect myself. I don’t put out anymore. Actually, I don’t even think that I enjoy sex tbh. I think I just do it for the ego supply.
I think what REALLY flipped the switch was austin cheating on me. I actually hadnt cheated on him. I was very loyal and loving. He cheated with a friend. It sucked.
I wish i had someone to reminisce over, I listen to break up songs and don’t even miss anyone in particular. I have never formed that kind of connection with anyone. Everyone is just a temporary ego supply to me. I wish I could form real connections with people. I wish I could relate to love songs. Alex was the only one ever, and it was probably just a trauma bond to be honest. There was another dude, [] who i had a sort of fling with. I really liked him too.he was my most recent little male venture. I think the only reason I liked him so much is because he knew i banged his friend, and so i felt like i had to prove myself to him. Odd, right?
Im trash.
It is a miracle im still alive. I should have died a long time ago and i think about it alllll the time. I just can’t do that to my parents. My friends would get over it. But mom, dad, john… i cant do that to them. The second my parents pass away, which will hopefully be soon since they’re old, i will kill myself ASAP. no question.
I truly believe im some form of succubus put on this earth to punish men. There is no other reason why god would send me this amount of pain.

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I don’t know how I ended up here but really, i’m glad I did. I’m a 17 year old girl (about to be 18 soon) that’s part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints right now.
My parents are LDS, their parents were LDS, and the parents of their parents were LDS and so on for a very long time. All my extended family members are LDS. I have lived in the same Idaho town for my whole life and grew up surrounded by a huge mormon community. I’d say that over 70% of my classmates are part of the church.
So obviously I have been in a safe mormon bubble my whole life. As I got older I was allowed social media. With very strict rules. This is when I began to see how different the whole world is.
It was shocking to me to say the least, but I had never been scared. I was so curious, and I wanted to know more. I think I have always been pretty open minded to everyone, I love people. I found out about Trans or LGBTQ+ when I was 13. (Which honestly how did I go 13 years without knowing) I remember being taught that they are “troubled” and need our love. Two years ago when I was 16, I was allowed more freedom on the internet and saw the truth.
I saw how my own church had hurt those who were once part of it. I also saw how girls looked so free while wearing clothes considered extremely immodest in my church. They looked beautiful, and it made me sad to know I will never be able to wear something like it. It infuriated me that the young men could wear shorts during their camps while I had to wear “shorts” that went to the knee.
I also was confused, because I saw how men were just expected to go on a mission. Did they not have a choice like women do? I was told they do have a choice by my mother, but I could see, even at the age of 10, how that really wasn’t the case. If you don’t go on a mission as a man, you are an odd ones out.
I have seen all the hate. And I have seen all the sadness people feel for family members who have left the church. Leaving the church is a big deal to a lot of people. In seminary I have been taught that it is a huge sin to turn the gospel away. We are taught that rejecting the holy ghost is next to murder in sins. I have always looked up to my seminary teachers. They are so full of love. But sometimes I feel weird and wrong being in class.
I have been an extreme introvert my whole life. I’m quiet and I like to just listen rather than talk. I have always hated giving talks or speaking with the bishop. My parents would tell me, it’s okay as soon as you speak with him you will be relieved. They were kind of right. I would feel relieved once the interview was over. But truly I think that’s just because I was glad it was done. The bishop pressed me with serious questions of chastity and such. All this did was fill me with fear of breaking these covenants or promises we made when we were baptized. I was so scared to make a mistake and have to talk to a bishop about it.
I can’t remember when it was, but I saw a very bad and nude drawing of a man on a game. It turned everything upside down. I didn’t want to tell my parents or the bishop. I held this secret for years, feeling very guilty. I felt like I shouldn’t go to the church or the temple. Which we went to church every week. I was also a new student because I transferred middle schools after moving houses in town, so i felt lonelier than ever. I have developed severe anxiety I think. And very possibly depression over the past few year and to this day. I have not been diagnosed though and keep everything to myself. I think i’ve had three really bad attacks this year where I couldn’t handle it anymore with school, church, and my thoughts. I burst out crying and my mom gets worried and asks me what’s wrong.
I question the church a lot. I have tried to research on the LDS app but I find nothing. I’ve been told that i should not go to outside sources to research by my seminary so I haven’t yet. I know of LGBTQ+ relationships and what homophobia is now. I have never considered myself homophobic. But I see how my church avoids the questions that they are. I feel like the church most definitely is homophobic. It puts a label on me as a member and it hurts me in my heart to be seen that way. I feel like as long as i’m mormon, i’m homophobic.
I feel like I cannot just leave though. How do I leave something that has been ingrained into my mind for almost 18 years. How do I leave knowing I can’t get eternal happiness, I will be pitied by my family, I will be treated different by my parents, it will hurt them so much if I leave.
How do I leave knowing turning away the gospel is a huge sin and I will be turned evil. How will I escape? Can I even leave? I still go to church every Sunday and feel bad just being there. I know all these people around me think I am an excellent young women. I am the president of my young women’s group and I go to mutual every Wednesday. I get good grades and help plan activities. I get my temple recommend renewed every year. But this time I do not feel worthy to be interviewed again. I cant just tell my parents that though.
I do not want to wear garments either. I don’t really have a reason for that one. I just never have. Makes me once again feel guilty. I have asked my mom why she wears them and it greatly offended her. Another reason why I am terrified to tell her I don’t want to be in the church. My mother and I get in fights a lot whenever I ask any questions. Truly I am confused, sad, and lost. I feel like I can’t breathe sometimes and I never know why. It happens randomly.
I do love the morals I was raised on though. I was taught to speak kind words, be friends with people who make me feel good, help and respect others, and just show love for the world around me.
I’m just at a roadblock where I don’t know where I’m going yet. Hopefully I will know someday. I hope any of this makes some sense.
edit: I didn’t expect so much! I am slowly reading through all of them! Thankyouuu so much for all the very detailed comments I really appreciate them!
For many people wondering, I will have to pay for my own college, and no I won’t be going to BYU or BYU-I. (I already had time to think long and hard about that) I’m planning on a community college, BSU, USU, or UVU! :) It depends on costs and residency sadly. So I will probably end up staying home and doing community college because I can’t afford anything else.

Mormonism is filled with double-speak and double-think. We have always been at war with Eastasia! For a doctrine that is supposed to be solid and coming directly from deity, it sure flip-flops a lot.
free agency: one has the ability to choose for themselves—in theory. Of course, only one choice is possible to maintain within the good graces and avoid the judgment of the local hierarchies—judgy bishops and squinty eyed relief society sisters. Recent pronouncements have stated free agency is voided upon baptism. Only following the brethren in thought and action is acceptable. Stay on the Covenant Path!
baptism at age 8: one has reached the age of accountability and sins will be counted from this point forward. Those who accept will receive divine guidance via the gift of the Holy Ghost. Weigh against this statement from 2015 in the declaration of war against LGBTQ+ persons and their extended family members strongly indicates age 18 is a better choice for baptism overall.

[Michael Otterson, public affairs] Why are the children of these same-sex partners an issue here?
[Christofferson, apostle] Well, in answering or responding to your question, let me say I speak not only as an apostle in the Church, but as a husband, as a father and as a grandfather. And like others in those more enduring callings, I have a sense of compassion and sympathy and tender feelings that they do. So this policy originates out of that compassion. It originates from a desire to protect children in their innocence and in their minority years. When, for example, there is the formal blessing and naming of a child in the Church, which happens when a child has parents who are members of the Church, it triggers a lot of things. First, a membership record for them. It triggers the assignment of visiting and home teachers. It triggers an expectation that they will be in Primary and the other Church organizations. And that is likely not going to be an appropriate thing in the home setting, in the family setting where they're living as children where their parents are a same-sex couple. We don't want there to be the conflicts that that would engender. We don't want the child to have to deal with issues that might arise where the parents feel one way and the expectations of the Church are very different. And so with the other ordinances on through baptism and so on, there's time for that if, when a child reaches majority, he or she feels like that's what they want and they can make an informed and conscious decision about that. Nothing is lost to them in the end if that's the direction they want to go. In the meantime, they're not placed in a position where there will be difficulties, challenges, conflicts that can injure their development in very tender years.

treatment of LGBTQ+ persons: hate the sin, but love the sinner is a major part of the religion. Mixed-orientation marriages held up as a workable alternative (Josh and Lolly Weed). They say they don't promote gay men marrying women, but Archuleta's exit interview says the opposite—if he could have just found a nice mormon girl and settled down all would have been copacetic. One can state status as LGBTQ+ on one condition—no actions whatsoever would offer any outward sign.
pre-existence as a concept: if something is non-existent, it is a non-actor. It must come into existence as a first step. In my generation of mormonism, we learned some pre-existant actors were generals in the war in heaven, while others were fence sitters. Those who were not as valiant were cursed into lineages with darker skins.
predestination to high offices vs. everyone having an equal chance to reach the highest platform. All of the animals are equal; just some of the animals are more equal than others. Nepotism leads to the same family names popping up over and over. General advice: paying large sums of tithing will lead to those lofty heights. I have relatives who hope for their children's names to be called to the elite ranks of the quorum of the seventies. So far, only those relatives who excelled in college sports have been rewarded.

[D&C 138, Joseph F. Smith (1918)] ⁵³ The Prophet Joseph Smith, and my father, Hyrum Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and other choice spirits who were reserved to come forth in the fulness of times to take part in laying the foundations of the great latter-day work, ⁵⁴ Including the building of the temples and the performance of ordinances therein for the redemption of the dead, were also in the spirit world. ⁵⁵ I observed that they were also among the noble and great ones who were chosen in the beginning to be rulers in the Church of God. ⁵⁶ Even before they were born, they, with many others, received their first lessons in the world of spirits and were prepared to come forth in the due time of the Lord to labor in his vineyard for the salvation of the souls of men.

[J. Golden Kimball] Some people say a person receives a position in this church through revelation, and others say they get it through inspiration, but I say they get it through relation. If I hadn't been related to Heber C. Kimball I wouldn't have been a damn thing in this church.

sustaining votes, any opposed may also indicate. Those opposed will be invited to meet with their bishop and stake president to initiate their excommunication hearing. Only votes in the affirmative are accepted. "Elections" are North Korea style with a single candidate and no chance to run for an office in a standard, democratic way.
despite Smith offering a perfect restoration of all things, the temple rituals remain in flux. Final incarnation of rituals subject to approval via user polling data. Because everyone mostly agrees that getting naked and threatened with gruesome murder was no fun, there is a tacit agreement not to say anything about the changes. Newer generations will call claims about past practice "damned anti-mormon lies." When doctrine changes simply spout the party line, "Our church is built on continued revelation! Aren't we just super?"

eliminated nude bathing ritual
eliminated oath of vengeance
eliminated five points of fellowship
faithful look forward to undergarments being made optional for daily wear.
alcoves for animal sacrifices in place, but highly unlikely that any user poll is going to approve burnt offerings any time soon.
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Q. How many mormons does it take to change a doctrine?
A. Two. One to change it and one to say nothing has changed.

Temple marriage presented as a be-all and end-all goal for mormon women. Big build up. Big let down. The strictures and costume requirements are often disappointing and far from any ideal from the imagination. Yeah, you can't wear that dress. It isn't modest enough.
Families are Forever: this is the overarching goal in the religion, but terms and conditions apply. Smith presented a works based religion where if the theology is as presented, few will qualify. Open ended Abrahamic tests also bar the way to the highest levels.

mormonism is a new Abrahamic religion

Some wonder whether they would even want to be with their relatives for any time, let alone an eternity of torture of being around them.

Julia Sweeney, Letting Go of God

honor code at BYU-x: in the common vernacular, if something is done as part of their honor it is meant to be self-policing. At most other universities, their "honor code" is about not cheating on tests and doing one's own homework. At BYU it is perverted into a fascist system of control. In actual practice, the BYU honor code is about tattling on others and finding a reason to kick the non-conforming out. It has the opposite effect of self-policing and creates an underground of those who will dodge the code at all costs. The honest will be punished severely.

polygamy: both in favor and against it. Those who would actually practice in life, because of being compelled by scripture per D&C 132:4, will be excommunicated. But per 132:32 belief in unlimited eternal progeny is a prime tenet.

[D&C 132] ⁴ For behold, I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant; and if ye abide not that covenant, then are ye damned; for no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory. [...] ³⁰ Abraham received promises concerning his seed, and of the fruit of his loins—from whose loins ye are, namely, my servant Joseph—which were to continue so long as they were in the world; and as touching Abraham and his seed, out of the world they should continue; both in the world and out of the world should they continue as innumerable as the stars; or, if ye were to count the sand upon the seashore ye could not number them. ³¹ This promise is yours also, because ye are of Abraham, and the promise was made unto Abraham; and by this law is the continuation of the works of my Father, wherein he glorifieth himself. ³² Go ye, therefore, and do the works of Abraham; enter ye into my law and ye shall be saved. ³³ But if ye enter not into my law ye cannot receive the promise of my Father, which he made unto Abraham.

Mary was both a virgin and not a virgin. Past mormon prophets have highlighted the distinction of Jesus being born as a hybrid of an exalted man and a human female, conceived in the usual way—via sexual intercourse. This is much too literal for most of the modern faithful who like many other Christians would like to appeal to some mysterious process. It seems like there is a power imbalance in this mythology—an incestuous power imbalance to boot.
Nevermind Catholic's limbo, is hell a thing, or not in mormonism? D&C 76 deprecates eternal punishment in favor of three tiers of glory. Please, disregard earlier scripture,

[Book of Mormon, Smith (1830), 2 Nephi 9] ¹⁶ And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fire, prepared for them; and their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end.

Also, disregard later scripture...what does destruction mean here?

[D&C 132, Smith (1843)] ⁴¹ And as ye have asked concerning adultery, verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man receiveth a wife in the new and everlasting covenant, and if she be with another man, and I have not appointed unto her by the holy anointing, she hath committed adultery and shall be destroyed. [...] ⁵⁴ And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law. [...] ⁶³ But if one or either of the ten virgins, after she is espoused, shall be with another man, she has committed adultery, and shall be destroyed; for they are given unto him to multiply and replenish the earth, according to my commandment, and to fulfil the promise which was given by my Father before the foundation of the world, and for their exaltation in the eternal worlds, that they may bear the souls of men; for herein is the work of my Father continued, that he may be glorified.

claiming status as feminist: Females in leadership roles often stand at the pulpit and give speeches in "the primary voice." Their standing is subservient and minimized compared to men who "hold the priesthood." The rhetoric will attempt to say, "men and women are treated equally." Mormon feminist is a non-sequitur, an oxymoron. Women will be fed a line that they're already more righteous and in no need of positions of authority. They should be exalted and be happy up on their pedestal.

[Steve Martin] I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal: high enough so you can look up her dress.

Actual feminists (Sonia Johnson, Kate Kelly) will be excommunicated or leave on their own terms.
word of wisdom is both a commandment and not a commandment...

[D&C 89, Smith (1833)] ² To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom, showing forth the order and will of God in the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days—

alcohol, both advocated in verse 17 and disallowed if one seeks a modern temple recommend

[D&C 89, Smith (1833)] ¹⁷ Nevertheless, wheat for man, and corn for the ox, and oats for the horse, and rye for the fowls and for swine, and for all beasts of the field, and barley for all useful animals, and for mild drinks, as also other grain.

meat, vegetarians praised in scripture, ridiculed as woke liberals in actual practice. Smith's style of writing is extra opaque here,

[D&C 89, Smith (1833)] ¹³ And it is pleasing unto me that they [animals] should not be used [at all], [or] only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine [at most].

caffeine, a derivative of coffee beans is allowed in soda form, but not if it touches a coffee bean or a tea leaf. Industrial extraction processes excepted, apparently. The faithful are going to drink their big gulps and monster energy drinks regardless of whether the brethren speak out against.

birth control, both allowed and not allowed. Recent changes have softened their once hard line positions against birth control, mostly because they'd already lost this battle. By and large, the faithful are not going to have as many children as past mormon generations and are beginning to match average family size found in society as a whole. Childless couples will be constantly asked when the stork will be making a delivery. Pressure to have large families still part of the culture. Deseret Mutual Benefits Association will only cover birth control under a rigorous, predefined schedule that begins with the question, "How many kids do have already?"

Margaret Sanger's ideas of empowering women by controlling reproduction singled out in Relief Society Magazine

[George F. Richards] My wife has borne to me fifteen children. Anything short of this would have been less than her duty and privilege.

Ezra Taylor culled the words of the prophets in 2011. Those who go looking for words of the prophets on this topic will come away with a view in sharp contrast to most modern people.

prohibition against sexual activities: no oral sex. Spencer W. Kimball's 1982 declaration denouncing oral sex and impure and an unholy practice was short-lived, but lives on in the desk drawers of many bishops and stake presidents. If a person inquires about specific sexual practice, they're told to stop if it is concerning to them. A state of detente exists: Don't ask and don't tell.
mormon prophet is both infallible and fallible at the same time. Impossible to tell when "speaking as a man" or if proclamation coming directly from deity. As soon as one guy dies, his past statements are fair game. Prediction: Nelson's edict about "don't call us mormons" will be one of the shortest lived ideas in modern times. "Adam is God" was preached at the temple veil when being let in on the holiest secrets of all. Now, disavowed. Apostles meet with Jesus in business meetings—but somehow still "see through a glass darkly." They know how to have their cake and eat it, too. Recent General Conference speeches from Renlund claim to know next to nothing about mother-in-heaven, and please stop asking about it.
Call us mormons. No don't call us mormons. Make up your mind already. Members have incredible capacity for dissonance. One minute writing out their "I am a mormon" profile for posting on social media. And being incredibly offended the next, "Stop! That's a victory for Satan."

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20.a. No paid clergy. Please, let us call it a stipend, not wages. Please, let our apostles write our insipid tomes of "doctrine" for publication at Deseret Book without calling it priestcraft.
20.b. Tithing donations show LDS people are the most generous in the country! Whoa, 10% on the gross to help the poor. Hold on pardner. Donations go to buy fancy edifices to hold secret rituals. It's pay to play. Are you kidding? The meek will not inherit the earth, or much of anything in this "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" religion. Further inspections show money the faithful think they're giving to help the poor (i.e. fast offerings) actually go to Salt Lake first where their donations are mixed together into one-big-pile. The financial shell game is explained to members, albeit in the fine print of the tithing slip. Likewise, their seasonal "giving machines" look to be a part of some grand world-wide money laundering scheme. Huntsman's suit attempts to reclaim his tithes because the obfuscation extended to funding an insurance company bailout and a mall for the rich in downtown SLC. If that counts as charitable, boy, do I have a bridge you can buy on installments in downtown NYC.

Context.
I grew up Mormon and so did my wife, we met when we were 17, and dated for two years before getting married.
I always felt like we were pressured by our parents to get married young and I was always sexually interested and so I definitely let my hormones make a lot of decisions for me.
Since then I have always had an issue where she meets guys at work or whatever and just gets really flirty with them, gets their number and adds them on Snapchat and just talks with them even more than she will talk with me and she goes out of her way to not let me see when she’s messaging them, and one day at work she messaged me that she was “taking a nap and would be hard asleep” which was really unusual for her to say something like that, so I told my work I’d take an attendance hit, and go home early to check in on her and when I got home she wasn’t there, and she had left her phone there, so I couldn’t call her, but it was about two hours later she came home and I thought she’d cheated on me, but she told me she had gone climbing with some friends which wasn’t unusual but she was the only girl there and she knew I’d be uncomfortable with that. So I told her that crosssed a boundary for me and she’s said okay but isn’t happy about it because “she’s always had guy friends”. We moved on past that and everything was good for a while until about two years ago
We moved around a lot before buying a condo in Las Vegas and I got a WFH job that sucked the life out of me but I worked for 3 years to try to get this job supposed to be my dream job.
We previously were strong LDS members but had decided to get tattoos and try drinking, and she got a job at a liquor store and started drinking and having people over almost every weekend. Her being flirty with guys was emphasized whenever she was drunk, she would laugh and touch their had or leg for example in a flirtatious way which also made me uncomfortable.
I was going through some pretty severe depression because at this point I’d been let go from my “dream” job and everything I worked for kinda fell apart in terms of my career, and I just became reclusive, got pretty addicted to video games, and she’s told me she thought about leaving me multiple times during that time.
Fast forward a few months and I finally decided to try to put myself out there again, and got a job doing solar sales with my brother in law. I told her I’d stay up there during the week and work and come home on weekends until I had enough money to move us up and sell our condo. Which ended up being only about four weeks and we found a place to move into.
Well I kept that job for about another month before the managers closed up because someone had been stealing a ton of money, and ended up getting a job with my wife driving forklifts, and we did that for a while but our relationship got pretty rocky when I found out she’d been messaging one of the coworkers from the liquor store who she told me would always hit on her and make sexual comments to her.
This upset me and I told her she shouldn’t be messaging someone who clearly doesn’t care about her or her best interest and has treated her the way she was treated by him previously, she agreed and told me she wouldn’t message him anymore but about two weeks later she was in bed asleep when her phone started ringing and I checked it and he was calling her. So I admittedly went through her phone and saw they’d been messaging for about a month all day morning and night saying super dirty things she wouldn’t even say to me, exchanging nudes and talking about running away together or meeting up.
I tried to wake her up but she was extremely drunk, I couldn’t even sleep. the next day we talked and she tried to blame it on the drinking but she knew that wasn’t true because they’d talked for a month. She said she knew it was wrong and didn’t know why she didn’t stop. We talked for about 5 hours and in the end decided to try to work it out, it’s been almost a year but I have an incredibly hard time trusting her even still and I feel like she’s gotten really comfortable but I am still far from healed.
We argued today and it was brought up and it just flooded me with all of the emotions of betrayal all over again.
I don’t feel like our relationship is healthy and I feel like someone she has a lot of room to grow as a person and needs to work on herself and be comfortable with who she is.
I feel so guilty for even writing this but really could use some advice.

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Submission	Republicans have been working overtime spreading lies and hate trying to paint the entire LGBT community as a massive pedophile cult in an effort to get people murdered, all while proudly throwing their own children at one of the largest confirmed pedophile cults in human history - Christianity
Comments	Republicans have been working overtime spreading lies and hate trying to paint the entire LGBT community as a massive pedophile cult in an effort to get people murdered, all while proudly throwing their own children at one of the largest confirmed pedophile cults in human history - Christianity
Author	Excellent-Shock2434
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Posted On	Tue Nov 22 12:41:26 EST 2022
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_jury_investigation_of_Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_in_Pennsylvania

The grand jury report was published on August 14, 2018. It showed that 301 priests were accused of sexually abusing more than 1,000 children in the six dioceses and were routinely shuffled from parish to parish in order to avoid scrutiny. The report said there are "likely thousands more victims whose records were lost or who were too afraid to come forward." The majority of the victims were boys.

301 priests across just six dioceses in one single state are responsible for sexually abusing THOUSANDS of children, and the Catholic Church did absolutely everything in their power to protect the priests and cover up their crimes every single step of the way.
Can you even begin to imagine how many victims there are worldwide? The number must be in the fucking millions.
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/13/1117362904/southern-baptists-doj-investigation-sexual-abuse

Earlier this year, an SBC sex abuse task force released a blistering 288-page report from outside consultant, Guidepost Solutions. The firm's seven-month independent investigation found disturbing details about how denominational leaders mishandled sex abuse claims and mistreated victims.
The report focused specifically on how the SBC's Executive Committee responded to abuse cases, revealing that it had secretly maintained a list of clergy and other church workers accused of abuse. The committee later apologized and released the list, which had hundreds of accused workers on it.

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/22/1100616952/southern-baptists-sex-abuse

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday.
...
"Our investigation revealed that, for many years, a few senior EC leaders, along with outside counsel, largely controlled the EC's response to these reports of abuse ... and were singularly focused on avoiding liability for the SBC," the report said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/31/feature/the-epidemic-of-denial-about-sexual-abuse-in-the-evangelical-church/

In one case, a pastor did not report a sexual offender in his church because the man had repented. The offender was arrested only after he had abused five more children.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/600-sex-abuse-lawsuits-expected-to-hit-northern-ca-dioceses-in-new-window-for-accusers/2471676/

“There are a little over 600 victims of clergy abuse, virtually all Catholic Church, in Northern California that have come forward to attorneys,” said Rick Simons, one of the attorneys co-managing the hundreds of coordinated cases in Northern California.
Simons said he expects significantly more new cases in Southern California, but said many victims may never come forward.
“The number of survivors is much larger because some of passed away,” Simons said. “Some will never come forward for reasons of their own. And some people just can’t ever cross that threshold into publicly admitting that they were sexually abused by their priests.”

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2022/04/19/wisconsin-department-of-justice-clergy-investigation-nets-200-reports-abuse-one-yea7367371001/

In total, more than 1,000 calls have been made to the hotline since its launch last year.
So far, one report has resulted in charges being filed against a 33-year-old man in Waushara County. Remington Jon Nystrom, 33, was charged with one count of first-degree sexual contact with a child under 13 in connection with an incident that occurred in 2009.

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https://thesungazette.com/article/news/crime/2020/05/27/lindsay-pastor-arrested-on-charges-of-child-molestation/
https://www.fox4news.com/news/former-north-texas-catholic-priest-accused-of-abusing-children-arrested-in-missouri
https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/pastor-indicted-on-rape-charge-still-at-church-association/
https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/13/pastor-raped-daughter-14-gets-light-prison-sentence-man-god-9515582/
https://www.wane.com/news/crime/fort-wayne-priest-now-criminally-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-mino?
https://dentonrc.com/news/ex-denton-youth-pastor-gets-less-than-minimum-sentence-due-to-miscalculation/article_0c11c259-6c4a-5b74-81ca-b9ef24e7a568.html
https://www.wbtv.com/2019/10/10/sc-pastor-who-young-girl-says-got-her-pregnant-is-headed-prison-official-says/
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/i-did-something-really-stupid-evangelical-youth-pastor-faces-child-pornography-charges-after-prosecutors-say-he-recorded-a-12-year-old-at-a-christian-festival/
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/crime/wilkes-county-pastor-charged-with-115-sex-offenses/83-4eebfd5f-b1a6-440f-b681-0e92575a3dce
https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-pornography-delaware-wilmington-philadelphia-4dad81b90123d04f36262270de3d4421
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6590715/Pastor-charged-sexually-abusing-14-year-old-daughter-New-York-Church.html
https://consequence.net/2018/08/creation-festival-christian-rock-festival-founder-child-molestation/
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2019/jul/20/preacher-gets-deal-rape-case-after-years-cou
https://www.wavy.com/news/crime/5th-grade-teacher-at-norfolk-christian-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/
https://komonews.com/news/local/pastors-son-gets-two-years-in-prison-for-raping-three-girls
https://www.weau.com/2021/11/09/former-chippewa-falls-school-chaplain-pleads-no-contest-sexual-assault/
https://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/police-courts/former-yawgoog-chaplain-sentenced-to-40-years-in-state-prison/article_d64637e8-6192-11eb-a5ac-3ff4d1236474.html?utm_medium=social
https://patch.com/pennsylvania/horsham/ex-hatboro-pastor-abused-infant-gets-200-years
https://wreg.com/news/former-atoka-pastor-takes-the-stand-in-sexual-assault-case/
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/rafael-cuevas-multiple-counts-of-sexual-misconduct-jacksonville-crime/77-a2a61032-396e-4d1e-be1a-4bc2a0d53d20
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_a20b5350-1d3b-11eb-9d9e-33385ab868af.html
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/faith-healing-idaho-woman-claims-religion-forbid-reporting-husbands-sex-abuse-kids/
https://www.silive.com/news/2021/01/new-sex-abuse-and-grooming-allegations-target-former-staten-island-priest.html
These are the types of people that Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, every single host at Fox News, and countless other Republican freaks are working towards putting in our schools.

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…and the Mormons… https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dvtGOX9nowY Oh, and the Southern Baptists…https://news.yahoo.com/southern-baptist-leaders-covered-sexual-064511437.html and the Jehova’s Witnesses https://www.pbs.org/newshoushow/leaders-`jehovahs-witnesses`-cover-child-sex-abuse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_jury_investigation_of_Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_in_Pennsylvania

The grand jury report was published on August 14, 2018. It showed that 301 priests were accused of sexually abusing more than 1,000 children in the six dioceses and were routinely shuffled from parish to parish in order to avoid scrutiny. The report said there are "likely thousands more victims whose records were lost or who were too afraid to come forward." The majority of the victims were boys.

301 priests across just six dioceses in one single state are responsible for sexually abusing THOUSANDS of children, and the Catholic Church did absolutely everything in their power to protect the priests and cover up their crimes every single step of the way.
Can you even begin to imagine how many victims there are worldwide? The number must be in the fucking millions.
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/13/1117362904/southern-baptists-doj-investigation-sexual-abuse

Earlier this year, an SBC sex abuse task force released a blistering 288-page report from outside consultant, Guidepost Solutions. The firm's seven-month independent investigation found disturbing details about how denominational leaders mishandled sex abuse claims and mistreated victims.
The report focused specifically on how the SBC's Executive Committee responded to abuse cases, revealing that it had secretly maintained a list of clergy and other church workers accused of abuse. The committee later apologized and released the list, which had hundreds of accused workers on it.

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/22/1100616952/southern-baptists-sex-abuse

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday.
...
"Our investigation revealed that, for many years, a few senior EC leaders, along with outside counsel, largely controlled the EC's response to these reports of abuse ... and were singularly focused on avoiding liability for the SBC," the report said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/31/feature/the-epidemic-of-denial-about-sexual-abuse-in-the-evangelical-church/

In one case, a pastor did not report a sexual offender in his church because the man had repented. The offender was arrested only after he had abused five more children.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/600-sex-abuse-lawsuits-expected-to-hit-northern-ca-dioceses-in-new-window-for-accusers/2471676/

“There are a little over 600 victims of clergy abuse, virtually all Catholic Church, in Northern California that have come forward to attorneys,” said Rick Simons, one of the attorneys co-managing the hundreds of coordinated cases in Northern California.
Simons said he expects significantly more new cases in Southern California, but said many victims may never come forward.
“The number of survivors is much larger because some of passed away,” Simons said. “Some will never come forward for reasons of their own. And some people just can’t ever cross that threshold into publicly admitting that they were sexually abused by their priests.”

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2022/04/19/wisconsin-department-of-justice-clergy-investigation-nets-200-reports-abuse-one-yea7367371001/

In total, more than 1,000 calls have been made to the hotline since its launch last year.
So far, one report has resulted in charges being filed against a 33-year-old man in Waushara County. Remington Jon Nystrom, 33, was charged with one count of first-degree sexual contact with a child under 13 in connection with an incident that occurred in 2009.

As my wife approaches orgasm, she'll often fantasize about being a nude model in a college drawing class. In her fantasy, the instructor asks me (I'm one of the art students) to strip down and fuck her in front of everyone.
I'm curious to hear about some of the fantasies other LDS wives have (if there are any couples out there willing to share).

The episode title, “Hear All, Trust Nothing”, is the 190th Ferengi Rule of Acquisition, as stated in “Call to Arms”.
It is stardate 58456.2 according to Cap'n Freeman's log which is not particularly relevant beyond the fact that, according to co-producer, Brad Winters, and science consultant, Doctor Erin Macdonald, this is also the first episode of the series to take place in the year 2381, not 2380.
- Previous iterations of Trek have largely stuck with one season translates to one year, which means TNG and DS9 averaged 25 episodes per year, and VOY averaged 24. This is the 26th episode of LDS.
The USS Vancouver was featured in “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”, however Captain Nguyen wasn’t named until this episode.
The Karemma were the first ever confirmed member of the Dominion. Quark learned of them and the Dominion in the DS9 early season two episode, “Rules of Acquisition”, and the first time one appeared on screen was the season three premiere, “The Search, Part 1”.
The goodwill gifts from the Alpha Quadrant appear to primarily be alcohol, which might make sense considering that one of the Karemma’s largest exports seemed to be Tulaberry wine. The gifts include:
- Vulcan port; Spock claimed his father’s people ”was spared the dubious benefits of alcohol” in “The Conscience of the King”, but Quark had a bottle of Vulcan port behind the bar in “The Maquis, Part I”
- Aldebaran whiskey; Aldebaran III was first mentioned in “Amok Time”; the whiskey itself is green
- Risian cabernet; Risa is a “pleasure planet” that first appeared in “Captain’s Holiday”
- Romulan ale; which is illegal, and comes from the Romulan Star Empire in the Beta Quadrant
- Galardonian milk; which is produced by a large spider and will sour if you stun that spider with a phaser
- Andorian kegs of something; Shran and Archer shared Andorian ale in “Cease Fire”
”Tacky Cardassian fascist eyesore.” Apparently Shaxs was active on Trek BBS back in the early 90s.
As previously established, I have no ear for music, but the track that plays while the USS Cerritos is circling DS9 seems kind of familiar. Maybe one of you recognise it?
We last saw Jennifer in last season’s finale, “First First Contact”, though a manifested fantasy of her was conjured by Mariner this season in “Mining the Mind’s Mines”.
- It seems like Jennifer hops down from Mariner’s bunk. I don’t believe we’ve ever seen any indication that the bunks of the Cerritos have some sort of privacy screen.
”Because without me they’ll probably get lost and end up in a mirror universe with Smiley.” Smiley is the mirror universe counterpart to Miles O’Brien, introduced in “Crossover”.
Castro was first mentioned in “Envoys” where it was established that she previously served on the USS Enterprise E.
- Both Castro and Jennifer were members of the Redshirts in “The Spy Humongous”.
- Castro tells a story of being on the Enterprise E on stardate 57162.3, which would be after Rutherford transferred to the Cerritos on 56329.4, but before “Second Contact” which was 57436.2.
This is surprisingly the first mention of Ernest Hemingway in Trek. There was a USS Hemingway in the script for “Star Trek Nemesis”, but it never made it to screen.
Bat’leths ‘R’ Us was not one of the shops listed on the Promenade directory seen the background of some DS9 episodes, and must be a more recent addition.
Colonel Kira! From DS9! Portrayed once again by Nana Visitor!
Ops appears to be staffed entirely by people wearing Bajoran militia uniforms. When DS9 began, the station was a Bajoran asset that Starfleet was operating on their behalf. It appears as though Bajor has since taken over the day to day running of the station themselves.
The Karemma ship that exits the wormhole appears to be of the same type seen in “Starship Down”
Kira still has Captain Sisko’s baseball on her desk.
- There is also a springball helmet on display against a wall.
Shaxs and Kira were in the Bajoran Resistance against the Cardassian occupation together, and they have a running tally of how many times they saved one another’s lives. This seems to be bit of a tradition among the Resistance; ”I still owe you for the time you saved me from _________,” is practically a greeting among Bajorans.
- ”I know this scarred up old barrowbug.” Barrowbugs are a Bajoran insect mentioned in “Ties of Blood and Water”.
Quark! From DS9! Portrayed once again by Armin Shimerman!
The gift shop at Quark’s Bar appears to be the source of the Ferengi beanie babies and the Ferengi ear headbands that were seen at the Collector and Wadi job fair booths in the previous episode, as well as the DS9 model that Tendi got Rutherford in "An Embarrassment of Dooplers".
Quark states he has 21 franchises of the bar across the Alpha Quadrant. We’ve seen them on Qualor II (Beta Quadrant), and Starbase 25. There is also one on Freecloud in “Stardust City Rag” which is in the Beta Quadrant, but that episode takes place 18 years after this one.
It was difficult to hear most of this scene with Morn talking incessantly in the background.
”Cheating? At a Quark’s? You can’t rig a game here.” Quark was caught attempting to cheat the Wadi in “Move Along Home” which resulted in Sisko, Kira, Dax, and Bashir being…transformed into game pieces? Transported into some simulation that corresponded with the chula game?
Boimler has a clutch that jingles with coins, indicating that he, a human Starfleet officer from the Federation, has some sort of money.
- ”We don’t even use money in Starfleet anyway.” I will point out that Boimler does not claim there is no money in the Federation.
Mesk, got a religious exemption to wear his Orion multi-key with his uniform. We’ve previously seen a vareity of religious and or cultural inclusions to a characters' standard uniform:
- Scotty's dress uniform included a kilt in, "Is There in Truth, No Beauty?"
- Worf wore a Klingon baldric
- Ro being allowed to wear her Bajoran earring after proving herself to Captain Picard in "Ensign Ro"
- Nog wearing a Ferengi headdress including as a cadet
- Multiple First Nations peoples wearing traditional jewellery in TMP
- The Cerritos’ lieutenant Arjun wearing a turban
- u/ithinkihadeight noted that Kayshon should be included on the list for his Tamarian baldric and dagger
- u/Ausir pointed out there is a member of the Cerritos crew who wears a hijab
Orions as slavers goes back to the original pilot, “The Cage”, where Doctor Boyce chides Pike for thinking he would quit Starfleet and potentially go to the Orion colony, ”You, an Orion trader dealing in green animal women, slaves?” TAS then had an episode, “The Pirates of Orion”, where the titular pirates were actually more like privateers acting at the behest of the Orion government, while allowing them to maintain a neutral stance.
- While he was alive, Gene Roddenberry banned space pirates from appearing in Trek, and that ban was upheld by Rick Berman until the “Gambit” two-parter, at which point he developed his habit of blindfolding the bust of Roddenberry he kept on his desk. ”Gene always said he’d never do space pirates, and this is a space pirate story, and I don’t want Gene to see it or hear it!”
“We always set the wardrobe as Betazoid casual.” I don’t know what Betazoid casual means, but it’s well established that Betazoid weddings, a traditionally very formal affair in most cultures, are performed with both the wedding party and the guests all nude.
This is the second time this season Boimler has been depicted as being sexually attractive to multiple women. In season one’s, “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”, it was set up that the reason lieutenant Barbra Brinson was attracted to Boimler was that a parasite was altering his pheromones.
- ”I know what you’re going to ask, and no he’s actually not aging in reverse.” In “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”, Boimler has the computer replicate him an outfit, ”Boy’s size small.”
Mariner is able to pour an entire bottle of green alcohol into a much smaller cup, because the cup is made of the same technology as the USS Discovery’s turbolift shafts.
Apparently O’Brien left his dartboard behind, and it’s no longer in Quark’s.
Tendi previously established that she doesn’t have the Orion female pheromones in “We’ll Always Have Tom Paris”.
Anya’s interpretive dance is called the Kobayashi Maroon, which is appropriate because Mariner appears to be in a no win scenario.
- Anya’s maroon leotard is reminiscent of one of the one piece outfits counselor Troi would wear, just without the black collar.
Though we don’t see it, Korzak does mention there being a tailor on the Promenade, which mean Garak’s Clothiers might still be operating, though Garak intended to remain on Cardassia after his exile ended, as per “What You Leave Behind”.
”I’ve done business with your kind before.” Quark previously had business dealings with the Karemma in “The Search, Part I” and was even brought along on a Starfleet mission in “Starship Down” so ~~there would be a reason to have Armin Shimerman in the episode~~ to negotiate a deal on behalf of the Federation.
Boimler’s combed back hair is what he wore after his makeover in “The Spy Humongous”, before engaging in a bunch of slapstick pratfalls to reverse Tendi’s transformation into a giant scorpion.
Orion script, like what Mesk is carving into the Karemma cargo bay, was introduced in the ENT episode, “Borderland”.
Mesk grew up on Earth, and was raised by humans, which seems to have at least played some role in his going overboard embracing the cultural heritage that he never actually experienced. Worf went through something similar after his parents were killed at Khitomer.
Tendi confirms that her family is part of the Orion Syndicate, a vast criminal organization first mentioned in “The Ascent”.
- In “Crisis Point”, Tendi declared “For your information, many Orions haven’t been pirates for over five years.”
- In “We’ll Always Have Tom Paris”, Tendi’s cousin, D’Onni calls her the Mistress of the Winter Constellations.
- We’ve previously only seen Tendi’s martial prowess displayed in her recounting of past events, in “Veritas”. She was accused by Clar of lying about defeating several Romulans in hand-to-hand combat, but it looks like she can actually throw down.
Apparently Tamarians produce mead. ”Fermentation, when the bees vomit.”
The hologram of Quark’s head on Kira’s body was actually created by Kira in “Meridian”.
Boimler’s gift shop souvenirs include one of the raktajino mugs frequently seen on DS9, as well as a snowglobe continuing a model of the station.
“Opportunity plus instinct, equals profit.” The ninth Rule of Acquisition was first mentioned in “The Storyteller”.

Suggested Viewing

DS9: “The Ascent”
DS9: “Starship Down”
SNW: “The Serene Squall”

Jerald and Sandra Tanner, article at wikipedia

1. Discussing the history and research behind, "Mormonism: Shadow or Reality" (Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1963)

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1	mp3	Sandra Tanner offers a synopsis/goal for their writing the book was to show that Smith invented mormonism out of whole cloth, without divine influence; also as a tool to convert people to Protestant Christianity
2	mp3	encyclopedic style questions with answers; named among 50 important books about mormonism
3	mp3
4	mp3	getting proof of priesthood ordination of blacks of African descent into the 1930s (descendants of Elijah Abel) required special technique at microfilm station—asking for copy would not be possible without being kicked out of LDS controlled library. Published evolution of secret temple rituals using resources on the inside. Modern mormons would be disgusted with original temple script that mocked preachers of other faiths. The secret rituals were once protected by death oaths and have been changed and watered down in other ways. Modern mormons may claim these are all lies because they no longer experience the threats of the blood oaths and the hazing of the nude bathing ritual.
5	mp3	Ian Barber's pamphlet, "What Mormonism Isn't" (1981) was a criticism of Shadow or Reality. Criticism no longer generally available. Critical chapters from Shadow or Reality on foundational claims: Smith's involvement in magic/moneydigging very early on; multiple claims surrounding the first vision; origin of the Book of Mormon

2. With Ronanld V. Huggins about the biography, "Lighthouse: Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Despised and beloved critics of mormonism." (Signature Books, 2022)

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3	mp3	grandmother's story about tricking Federal Agents looking for polygamist, Brigham Young Jr. is reminiscent of Irish legend of Fian McCool
4	mp3	discussion about Abigail being the last, youngest and favored wife of Brigham Young, Jr.—married BY Jr. when she was 17. Salt Lake City barber and RLDS member, James Wardle (1915-1997) kept an unofficial library on mormonism at his shop. David Whitmer's An address to all believers in Christ was a seminal document in the Tanner's journey away from belief in Joseph Smith's claims. Jerald met Pauline Hancock in Independence, a leader of a sect that splintered from the Temple Lot church that claimed Smith's sole prophetic work was the Book of Mormon itself.
5	mp3	deep dive into Smith's telling of the First Vision led to a question from Sandra relayed directly to Joseph Fielding Smith. Note: Joseph Fielding Smith knew about the 1832 account written by JS in Letterbook 1—JFS had ripped it out of original journal and placed into a special safe only he had access to.
6	mp3	Jerald Tanner was convinced early on that Mark Hofmann was a forger. LDS church sued the Tanners over publishing secret handbooks—lawsuit based on copyright violation
7	mp3

Sandra's Genealogy


Brigham Young	-+-	Mary Ann Angell
	Brigham Young Jr.	-+-	---	Abigail Stevens
		Walter Stevens Young	-+-	---	---	Sylvia Amelia Pearce
			Georgia Young	-+-	---	---	---	Ivan McGee
				Sandra McGee (1941-)	-+-	---	---	---	---	Jerald D. Tanner (1938-2006)

Walter Stevens Young (1888-1935) appears to be a post-manifesto polygamist. See Lighthouse, note 85, page 29

In 2001, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) paid a three million dollar settlement) to Jeremiah Scott, after Scott filed a lawsuit in 1998 against the church for what his attorney described as an attempted cover-up of sexual abuse Scott suffered from church member Franklin Curtis.[1] The LDS Church denied legal liability in the case, and said it was settling the lawsuit based on "litigation economics" alone.[1]
In September 2008, LDS Church bishop) Timothy McCleve pleaded guilty to sexually molesting children from his ward).[2] He was sentenced in December 2008 to 1–15 year prison terms for the abuse.[3]
In March 2010, former LDS Church bishop,Lon Kennard Sr. was charged with 43 felony counts of sex abuse and sexual exploitation of children, and was imprisoned in Wasatch County, Utah. In November 2011, Kennard was sentenced to three terms of five-years-to-life in prison to be served consecutively, after pleading guilty to three first-degree felony counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child for sexually abusing his daughters.[4][5]
In mid-2013, LDS member Michael Jensen, son of a respected local Mormon family, while still on his mission in Arizona, was brought back to West Virginia for questioning. Members of Jensen's congregation were told by his mother to ask Michael to babysit. He abused the young children in the families who are included in the lawsuits and many other children too. Jensen was convicted of sexually abusing two children and is currently serving a prison sentence of 35 years to 75 years in a West Virginia state prison. Unfortunately, due to the extreme difficulty for children to testify, Michael was only convicted for abusing two of the many children he abused. At the time of his sentencing, a state judge classified him as a "violent sexual predator".[6]
In December 2013, LDS Church bishop Todd Michael Edwards was sentenced to three years in prison for molesting two teenage girls who attended his congregation in Menifee, California. Edwards received two concurrent sentences of three years in prison for two felony counts of sexual battery and sexual penetration with a foreign object. A felony charge of witness intimidation was dismissed as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors after Edwards pleaded not guilty.[7]
In January 2014, two men filed a lawsuit in the U.S. state of Hawaii against the LDS Church, alleging that they were sexually abused as children on a church-owned pineapple farm in Maui from 1986 through 1988.[8]
In January 2014, former LDS Church bishop Michael Wayne Coleman was arrested and charged with luring a minor for sexual exploitation after a forensic examination of his laptop and cellphone revealed sexually graphic conversations and an exchange of nude photographs with a teenaged student in Brazil.[9]
In August 2017, former LDS Church bishop Erik Hughes pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two teenage boys from his congregation in Mapleton, Utah. The abuse occurred in June 2014 during his tenure as bishop. Hughes received concurrent 1–15 year prison sentences on the sexual abuse counts, and 0–5 years in prison for witness tampering.[10]
On August 15, 2017, MormonLeaks published a 316-page document which contained confirmed and alleged instances of child sexual abuse between 1959 and 2017.[11]
On October 30, 2017, an Australian court sentenced Darran Scott to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing boys, some of whom he met as a Mormon leader.[12]

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