In 2001 she got pregnant out of wedlock, but the baby was stillborn. Even though she had a rocky relationship with the local Mormon church, she approached them about seeking a funeral for her child.
“The deacons and the bishop refused me a service in the sanctuary because I was unwed,” she said. “I was unclean because I was not married.”
She was then told she would not get to heaven.
“That was a crushing blow,” she said. “At that point, I spiraled into a deep depression. They pretty much damned me to hell.”
Then she was even more saddened when the church leaders brought her before a church court, with a judge and jury, and “dis-membered” her.
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Wow wonder what Ward she was in, in my Ward the mother and daughters who are converts for about a few years both daughters have had children out of wedlock and both babies were given a blessings and the one daughter have given talks.
Doesn’t make sense to me either.
I’ve never heard of a funeral being conducted in an LDS chapel, but maybe I’ve never known anyone who wanted to have one there.
I’m glad that she has found a church congregation more compatible to her lifestyle.
“She was then told she would not get to heaven.”
Hi, Sis. I don’t believe it, either. We have had similar situations in our Ward and I have never heard of such harsh treatment.