979: Experiencing Sexual Assault as a Missionary - Camille and Maddy Pt. 4
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2018
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Join us now on Mormon Stories Podcast as we interview Camille and Maddy about experiencing rape/sexual assault as a Mormon missionary.
Trigger warning: This episode discusses rape and sexual assault. Please practice self care, and use discretion regarding who else listens in.
In these important episodes, we will cover Camille’s sexual assault during her mission to Mexico, Maddy’s sexual assault while on a mission in Bolivia, and how the LDS Church handled the aftermath of these traumatic experiences. Camille and Maddy also share their thoughts on how the LDS Church can improve their handling of sexual assaults and importantly, why they decided to go public with their stories now.
Also discussed throughout these episodes is the missionary cultural belief of obedience to mission rules results in protection from the Lord, even in the most war-torn and violent areas in the world. We talk about the feeling of invincibility and protection that Camille and Maddy felt before their assaults, and how their sexual assaults affected their faith in both LDS Church leadership, and in God.
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| 1:44.0 | What was that like? So you contacted in the most recent series of circumstances you contacted |
| 1:51.0 | the trip this year, what may? Yeah, maybe April. I don't remember exactly. And you say I want |
| 1:58.0 | to do a story? Yeah, I mean we'd already started like a year previously and then that |
| 2:03.0 | reporter totally respected my decision to like put it on the back burner and when I reached |
| 2:08.0 | out again she was right there ready to pick up where we left off. I chose to use my name |
| 2:16.0 | and my face because I like to be authentic. I don't like feeling like I have something to hide. |
| 2:27.0 | And I mean what happened to me was not my fault in any way, shape or form. Like why do I need to |
| 2:35.0 | be ashamed or embarrassed or even scared of like repercussions? But it is very scary |
| 2:43.0 | because I mean I'm complying with the honor code and yet I have this fear that I will be |
| 2:53.0 | viewed as antagonistic. But that's not my intention at all. Like I sincerely want people |
| 3:04.0 | to be able to serve missions and safety. Like my own children one day perhaps like I want them |
| 3:11.0 | to be able to go and be happy and heard and healthy and safe. And I just don't see how that is antagonistic. |
| 3:22.0 | In fact I feel like I'm trying to add to and make better what we have. But I am totally afraid that |
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