156: A Personal Story of Child Sexual Abuse by an Uncle who is Currently Serving as a Bishop

Jared and Juli Egley traveled to Wichita, KS, to share their story in detail with Natasha. Jared experienced sexual abuse as a child by his uncle who is currently serving as a bishop.

Please note: explicit details are shared about the abuse

As of the posting of this podcast, the area president and Jared’s Uncle’s Stake President are refusing to take any action.

To read more about this go here: https://kutv.com/news/local/victims-speak

Natasha refers to this story in a previous episode, without using Jared and Juli’s names. To listen to episode 137, please go here:

https://www.mormonmentalhealth.org/137-sex-in-the-mormon-news-april-2018/

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Natasha Helfer Parker runs an online practice, Symmetry Solutions and writes at The Mormon Therapist for Patheos: Hosting the Conversation of Faith. She also hosts the popular podcasts, Mormon Mental Health & Mormon Sex Info and creates the sex educational resource, Sex Talk with Natasha.

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