The training allowed me to understand the topic of abuse with a gospel lens, and I was able to apply it when an incident occurred in Primary.
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“How do you teach the concept of consent to your children? That ‘no’ means ‘no,’ that our bodies are sacred and private, and that a child’s comfort and discomfort are important?”
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A new statement from the Church outlines its feelings on abuse and how a recent Associated Press story got it wrong.
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Read the Church’s response to a recent Associated Press article about the Church’s abuse help line.
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The scriptures contain many examples of the Savior’s love for His children. His Church does not tolerate abuse of any kind. As part of an ongoing effort to protect children and youth, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has launched an online training course for all adults who interact with children and youth in their Church assignments.
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"It was someone I was supposed to be able to trust. Someone who was supposed to protect me. . . . There never was a time I felt safe at home," Latter-day Saint Erin says in the new "His Grace" video "Living with the Pain of Childhood Abuse."
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Using the story of Alma as he spoke to his sons Helaman, Shiblon, and Corianton, Elder Quentin L. Cook shared four principles to help Latter-day Saints make more righteous decisions and addressed spousal and child abuse.
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The Church recently released a new website with valuable resources to help victims of abuse and those who love them know how to report abuse, seek help, and find healing.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Utah community faith leaders called on the entire state Wednesday to “join with us in protecting Utah’s children and making their safety and well-being one of our highest priorities.”
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"The first 17 years of my life were hell. I was abused physically and emotionally almost daily," James the Mormon shared in the description of his new music video "I Could Be Wrong."
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From age five through fifteen, I was subjected to extreme abuse at the hands of my stepfather. I struggled for years with feelings of great unworthiness. I was quite inactive and bitter as a Church member. My heart became quite hardened. I suppose you could say I was spiritually bruised and broken. I couldn’t bring myself to pray to someone in heaven who was supposed to be my father. I rejected priesthood blessings because even the touch of worthy priesthood holders was a threat. I got so lost in my deep, dark place that I got to thinking that life would be better off without me.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated $50,000 to the Children's Justice Center (CJC) on June 27 and $25,000 to A Breeze of Hope Foundation in Bolivia that works to prevent sexual abuse and violence against children.
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On Monday, the First Presidency released a letter to Church leaders about preventing and responding to abuse among members.
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What a thoughtful article from the Deseret News editorial board.
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What is spiritual abuse and what are some subtle ways it might be creeping into the way we treat ourselves and others?
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LDS Family Services Counseling Manager Nanon Talley shares 18 years' worth of powerful insights about the process of healing from sexual abuse.
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Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society leaders participated in delivering a donation of $120,000 from the Church to Utah's Children's Justice Centers leaders help fight child sex abuse.
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Most romantic relationships start out good, but they don't all end that way. Sadly, for every stroll into the sunset somebody takes with a new life partner, somebody else gets stuck in an emotionally abusive relationship.
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The Church recently released a series of new resources on LDS.org for those enduring mental illness. Among them is a video series where members share their powerful, raw stories. This is Jenny's story.
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Recently, I was given the task to look for pictures of myself for an upcoming article I will be featured in. The editor asked for a picture of myself when I was younger or at a vulnerable point in my life, and a picture of when I accomplished something amazing.
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In a series of press releases published on Mormon Newsroom, the LDS Church outlined in-depth its approach to preventing child abuse and described a meeting of Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson, Young Women general president, with child abuse prevention advocates.
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Not only has this touching, life-changing truth pulled a Latter-day Saint from the brink of suicide, it has kept her in the Church even when doubts arise or others leave.
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Recently, a reader wrote into Geoff Steurer, an LDS licensed marriage and family therapist. She asked about her daughter who, at just 11-years-old, had been abused in a way that "broke her and our family." After this event, she began losing her faith, asking questions like, “Why did God let this happen to me? Why didn’t He stop it?” Here was Steurer's response:
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