Hello friends, it's Katie here. Welcome to Not Somali Mormon podcast. Sarah and I decided that we wanted to start regularly sharing the stories we receive from you guys. You've made this podcast so enjoyable because of the stories that you send into us,

and we are honored that you are opening up and sharing your personal stories with us.

For these short episodes, it'll just be me alone reading to you.

So I'm not really alone. I'm reading to you guys. But of course we will still

have our full-length episodes weekly with both of us and special guests. But once a week or

possibly more, I will read something a listener has sent into us. The one we're going to start with today gave both

Sarah and I the chills as we read it. I will not mention the sender's name since she wished to

remain anonymous. And a little content warning here, there is some sexual assault and rape mentioned.

So if you might feel distressed by that,

you may want to stop listening. But we're very grateful for this person that sent this story in.

It cannot have been easy. And we're excited to share it with you. If you have a story that you would like to share with us,

please do. You can send it to us on any of our social media platforms. We're on

Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. And the best way probably to send in longer stories is through

our email, which is Not So Molly Mormon podcast at gmail.com.

All right. Without further ado, I will get into the letter.

I listened to your episode about bishops and the inappropriate questions they ask youth.

It really resonated with me and was scary to realize that I've been dissecting and criticizing the church

for about a year now, and I only just realized how messed up it is that an untrained, middle-aged

man is dealing with our kids' sexual issues.

It's such a normal thing to talk about chastity in the

LDS church that we don't even question it. Here's my story. I grew up LDS and my parents are very

faithful members. I've always had anxiety and was kind of a guilt prone kid and my mom wasn't a very

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