Education Quote by Charles Benedict

“I realized I needed to think about how to leave priesthood—if it was even possible.”

— Charles Benedict

“After all, eighteen years of my life had been geared toward priesthood.”

— Charles Benedict

“I learned I didn't matter from the very same place that lifted me up, the place I'd found my center and voice: school. And…

— Patrisse Khan-Cullors

“At that point in time, the need to be myself had become a competing desire with my priesthood, but I didn’t quite understand that…

— Charles Benedict

“What have you done with your knowledge and priesthood power that those without have not done this week? If you cannot answer that with…

— Glenn Beck

“Though I wholeheartedly supported celibacy at the start of my seminary career, my opinion changed as I made my way toward and through priesthood.”

— Charles Benedict

“(My trust-in-God issues were about accepting who he created me to be, not about hiding in the priesthood.)”

— Charles Benedict

“When I find myself drawn away from my priesthood duties by other interests and when my body begs for rest, I give to myself…

— Henry B. Eyring

“She could not handle telling people I had left priesthood, that I was gay, and she refused to use words associated with my sexuality.…

— Charles Benedict

“I was going to stop pretending that just because we were in ministry we were perfect. I was tired of wearing the mask of…

— Anna Aquino

“We cannot enjoy power in the priesthood until we learn to act by faith.”

— Robert L. Millet

“You can leave priesthood. You can be fired from priesthood.”

— Charles Benedict