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This work is memoir. It reflects the author’s present recollections of experiences over time. Some names and characteristics have been changed, some events have been compressed, and some dialogue has been recreated. Joseph has released a podcast about the Mormon Cover Up. Search “Mormon Cover Up” where you listen to podcasts. Father with his children…
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Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. My mother received a letter from school in 1984. The letter indicated that I had been sexually abused as a 6-year old first grader. My mother did not report the abusers. They were other children that learned about sexual abuse from somewhere. They sexually…
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What fears have you overcome and how? I used to be afraid of my biological mother. I used to freeze around her. I used to be so afraid of her I would wet the bed. My earliest memories are of my mother screaming. My mother hitting me. My father straddling my mother and holding her…
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What is the legacy you want to leave behind? I am a survivor. That is the legacy I want to leave. I overcame incredible odds to make a life for myself. My parents actively worked to prevent my success and happiness. My parents did not help me in any way, I made it on my…
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What were your parents doing at your age? … were hiding violent child abuse and Child Sex Abuse (CSA). By the time my parents were my age they: I am nothing like my biological parents. May they burn in the Hell they told me I was going to.
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Describe a risk you took that you do not regret. It was a HUGE risk for me to go public about the abuses I endured as a child. The $200 Billion LDS Mormon Church took me to court to take this website down. My evil Mormon Mother filed a bullshit “restraining order” against me. She…
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What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? If my blog inspires one child to report their abusers to the authorities, I will be happy. I could not save my co-victim, Courtney*. I want children to be saved from their abusive homes. The homepage of my website is…
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What are you curious about? My website is full of the traumatic experiences that Courtney and I went through together. This post is different. Courtney died in 2004. I miss her every day. I am curious if she is still alive in a sense that religion teaches us. LDS Mormonism taught me that Courtney* is…
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My Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Deseret Baby Book. My birth mother started the Journal portion when I was born. Mother made six entries of decreasing length. The first was the story of my birth, and how hard it was on her. The last, when I was 4, was documenting an injury. Father…
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Murph* tried to re-enter my life I’ve had unpleasant dreams about my family recently. I woke up with Murph’s last words echoing in my head. “You had 46 years” (to report the rapes). In November of 2024, Murph sent me an email with a photo of our old band and mentioned unfinished songs. He was…