1107: Sean and Crystal Escobar's Journey out of Mormonism Pt. 2
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Join us today on Mormon Stories as we interview both Sean and Crystal Escobar to learn about their faith journey out of Mormonism. Sean recently made national newswhen he revealed a recording he made as he confronted his abuser as a child, Sterling Van Wagenen—co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival and director of many LDS Church-produced films, including the films shown in LDS temples.
This portion of the interview focuses on Sean and Crystal's faith journey and will include themes such as:
- Their Mormon background including their experiences in the church as youth and as missionaries
- How guilt and shame from transgressions as a youth impacted Sean's mission and outlook on life
- Sean and Crystal's difficult experiences with the repentance process affected their early marriage
- How discovering a calling Sean had received was uninspired by his priesthood leader greatly shook his faith
- How Crystal's experience with Mormon Stories helped her be more empathetic towards Sean's struggles with his faith and church leadership
- How leaving the LDS Church has caused a new awakening in their marriage and family as they reevaluate their relationship, their parenting, and their new moral code for living
...and so much more.
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| 0:35.2 | So yeah, that was my experience and I got home and met Sean five months later. Where do you |
| 0:57.8 | give me? Go ahead. Strip Club. Yeah, I became a stripper right after my mission. No, no, no, no. |
| 1:10.2 | Okay, do you want me to tell it or you can tell it? I talked enough, you can tell it. Okay. |
| 1:15.9 | Actually, okay, let me say one part. I came home from that mission and my mission and sorry to |
| 1:21.1 | take over but it kind of precludes what she's going to say. I got married, John, right off my |
| 1:27.0 | mission. We will forgot that. So I came home for my mission and I confessed, I confessed. |
| 1:40.8 | And then I had this feeling, you know, the mission president was said, you go get married now, |
| 1:46.5 | you know, and he was a close friend of mine. That's your new mission. Your new mission is to go |
| 1:51.0 | find a wife and then I got home. The bishop was saying, you know, it's time to get married and |
| 1:55.8 | my parents were, you know, they were obviously knowing my history, thought they were safety and marriage. |
| 2:02.1 | And so I got married very, I think I kind of jumped into a marriage. I, well, I mean, just, |
| 2:11.2 | sorry to cut off, but sure you were sexually active before your mission. You went two years |
| 2:15.8 | putting that gene in the bottle. You're going to explode when you get back. Yeah. So married, I mean, |
| 2:22.6 | this is what this is for everyone, but especially for you, Mary as soon as possible, you're going |
| 2:28.0 | to transgress. That add to the messages you receive. Yes, not take your time, get to know the person, |
| 2:34.4 | make sure you're compatible. Yeah. You know, make sure you're a good fit for each other. It's like |
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