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Podcast: Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler
Episode: Episode 824: Leon Crandell, Married Father of 8, Gay Latter-day Saint
Description: My friend Leon Crandell (lives in Snowflake AZ, cosmetologist, Brazil RM) joins us to bravely share his story:
Survivor of sexual abuse
Turning to substance abuse to deal with/escape the shame of sexual abuse
Later abused by a doctor on his mission—and the shame of wondering why me
Concluding being a victim of sexual abuse isn’t why he is gay
Getting married (married for 27 years) and not really addressing his sexual orientation
Gradually opening up to his wife—and their road to stay in their marriage and the Church
Finding community of others walking this road
Asking Heaven...