Holy Shit, the Duggars followed the teachings of a molesting pervert

[snooper2]

Just read this snip in a Washington Post article-


The Duggars have previously promoted the teachings of Bill Gothard and the Institute in Basic Life Principles, a conservative organization that was once popular among the Christian homeschooling movement. Gothard resigned from the institute he founded in 2014, after allegations of sexual harassment, molestation and failing to report child abuse.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/05/21/josh-duggar-apologizes-resigns-from-family-research-council-amid-molestation-allegations/

[In_The_Wind]

1. Holy shit, indeed!

[TimeToEvolve]

2. not suprising

birds of a feather flock together.

[CoffeeCat]

3. I suspect that the father, Jim-Bob also molested his kids...

The son is in the spotlight for molesting his sisters, but no one is talking about the psychological dynamics of this kind of behavior.

Incest almost always occurs in families in which the incest perpetrators and victims--are also victims of sexual abuse, usually by the parent(s).

Acting out sexually within the family is a red flag that the boy was also victimized. Teenagers are curious and will play "doctor". However, this is much, much different. He serially abused at least four of his sisters. He was sneaking into their bedrooms while they were asleep and victimizing them when they were vulnerable and alone. He also went after sisters who were much younger than him--5 years or more. Do people get that he was 15 and these victims were 9 and most likely younger?

This is a very typical abuse dynamic. Go after younger, vulnerable victims. Josh Duggar wasn't experimenting he was "acting out" what was done to him. Someone in that family powered up on him, and he was repeating the cycle.

Look at how the father handled this. He told no one for a year. Then, when the secret was revealed, he ushered his son off to live with a friend for a while. Oh, this is such classic behavior of a pedophile! The father was hiding what had happened, and never got his son help. Did his four victimized daughters ever get help? Real help? The father was covering up evidence that his own son was "acting out" because that behavior is a symptom of his son being molested. The father was covering up his own criminal behavior.

Do people understand how "off" this entire situation is? Any parent would be rushing to get their child in a program, to help them. You would also be incredibly concerned about the girls and getting them help to heal. After all, their brother had been serially molesting them for God knows how long. These people went back to business as usual, and he was allowed to remain in the house--and they continued to film a television show!

None of this is normal! This entire family is one big perp-fest with the submissive, co-dependent wife seeing no evil, hearing no evil and speaking no evil. Also a typical dynamic in a household where sexual abuse is happening. You need a wife (usually a victim herself) who does nothing and stays in denial.

I really hope these kids somehow decide to break these secrets. No wondered all of this was able to stay silent. So much pressure on all of these kids to "perform" and "act normal" because they were all on a television show. It's just sickening.

Glad TLC tabled the show.

[Dont call me Shirley]

4. FRC: Family RepeatOffender Council

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"Duggar was running a used-car lot before he became the new face of the Family Research Council"

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. An insightful DU OP from the time:

Duggars Asked to Stop Supporting Ministry where Founder is Accused of Sexual Harassment

After allegations poured in from more than 35 young women claiming sexual harassment from the Institutes for Basic Life Principles founder Bill Gothard, he resigned — but the Duggar family continues to support the ministry and is even planning on attending the annual conference in Texas in April.

One of the young ladies who stepped forward with allegations against Gothard is Megan Lind, who met him in 1991 when she was just 11-years-old, and she’s now given RadarOnline.com an exclusive interview and an open letter to the Duggar family in which she pleads with them to reconsider their involvement in the group.

Lind tells Radar that she had frequent meetings with Gothard throughout her teenage years and finally left the founder’s Advanced Training Institute in 2001.

Described by Lind as “predatory in nature,” Gothard, 79, was forced into resignation last month after the whistle blowing website Recovering Grace claimed to have more than 35 young women and teenagers alleging he sexually harassed them.

Lind, now 34-years-old, wrote the following open letter to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar in hopes that they will leave Gothard’s teachings for the sake of their 19 children.

http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/04/open-letter-duggar-family-stop-supporting-ministry-bill-gothard-alleged-sexual-harassment/

in the comments section it says 4 of the oldest girls (adults all in their 20s) were asked about this during some interview they were doing and Jim Bob jumps in to prevent them from answering.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024786734

Yes, those 4 oldest girls would have been the ones molested by their elder brother, that their father covered up. The reply to it:

Your last paragraph is intriguing

Maybe Jim Bob can come on the Toady show and explain to everybody how he pimped out his daughters to some old perv.

There's something sort of unhealthy about these people and it's amazing that the "news" media are unable to see it.

A young perv, not an old one. But on the mark, apart from that.