Forced to forgive her abuser, a Mormon woman loses her faith



Alyssa, Mormon woman who shares her #MeToo experience

Tara Tulley, social worker based in Utah



We also heard excerpts of a vox pop that answers the question, "What does it mean to forgive?" It was produced by Grace Gregory at



Alyssa, a young Mormon woman, tells us her personal story of sexual assault. When her church leaders pressured her to forgive her abuser, it made her feel as if her pain did not matter and that she wasn’t worthy of being believed. Tara Tulley, a social worker who grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, says in her work, she has encountered many women with a story similar to Alyssa’s.We also heard excerpts of a vox pop that answers the question, "What does it mean to forgive?" It was produced by Grace Gregory at EndPain , a storytelling platform and community reimagining the way we think about, talk about and process pain.