Secret Mormon rituals trapped me in an unhappy marriage, until I realized being married to him for eternity was going to be Hell.
This is the story of my experiences as a Mormon wife and my long journey out of psychological captivity.
My marriage in the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “sealed” me to my husband for time and all eternity and gave him the power to determine whether or not I would be resurrected or attain eternal salvation. As long as I believed in the truthfulness of these Mormon teachings, I could not escape from my miserable marriage.
Within the first eight years, I had six children and lost three. I put on a smile for the rest of the world, but secretly there was very little in my life to smile about.
When I finally realized the doctrines entrapping me were false, and filed for divorce, my Mormon husband and father-in-law plotted to have me killed - that is, unless ...