Thu May 21, 2015, 05:58 PM

Novara (4,454 posts)

Josh Duggar Admits Molestation, Resigns from Family Research Council

Source: TMZ

Josh Duggar has resigned as Executive Director of the Family Research Council, acknowledging he sexually molested underage girls including some of his sisters, calling his conduct inexcusable.

Josh just told People, "Twelve years ago, as a young teenager. I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret." He continues, "We spoke with authorities where I confessed my wrongdoing, and my parents arranged for me and those affected by my actions to receive counseling."

The molestations occurred in 2002 and 2003, when he was 14. He fondled the genitals and breasts of the girls, some of whom were sleeping.

Josh's wife Anna says he confessed his "past teenage mistakes" to her 2 years before he asked her to marry him.

The incidents were not reported to police until 2006, and the statute of limitations has now long since passed. But Josh says he believes God has shown him mercy and given him redemption.

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Josh Duggar Admits Molestation, Resigns from Family Research Council (Original post)	Novara	May 2015	OP
Well isn't he special! Gawd forgave him. Ask his victims if they do.	leftofcool	May 2015	#1
Apparently most of them are his sisters.	GeorgeGist	May 2015	#31
His sisters were raised to be sexual toys and forbidden to complain.	Kablooie	May 2015	#117
Is this one of those million-kids-in-the-family Duggars? nt	valerief	May 2015	#2
I second that question	proud patriot	May 2015	#5
Yep! nt	City Lights	May 2015	#6
What a fucking jerk.	longship	May 2015	#3
He was 14. What he did was wrong, but he had more courage in admitting this than many men	pnwmom	May 2015	#4
Interesting:	Novara	May 2015	#7
Courage? I don't think so.	Liberalagogo	May 2015	#9
He chose to come forward even though he wasn't being criminally prosecuted	pnwmom	May 2015	#11
AFTER the statute of limitations expired.	Liberalagogo	May 2015	#12
That is not entirely true. His secret was out...	Zenlitened	May 2015	#15
That was my first assumption	ToxMarz	May 2015	#20
He was 13 -14 while this was happening. For all we know, his victims were close in age.	pnwmom	May 2015	#23
It's so nice that people give these hateful people the benefit of the doubt,	6000eliot	May 2015	#27
I am NOT excusing the parents at all. I'm pointing out that this kid was 13-14 years old	pnwmom	May 2015	#29
His parents don't work for an LGBT hate group.	6000eliot	May 2015	#32
His parents taught him everything he knows. And they've donated money to	pnwmom	May 2015	#33
Last year his mother recorded robo-calls warning people that	dflprincess	May 2015	#90
YES YOU ARE	dbackjon	May 2015	#67
He was a younger teen; and brain development, including impulse control, continues	pnwmom	May 2015	#69
So he should get off scot-free?	dbackjon	May 2015	#71
How do you make that conclusion?	pnwmom	May 2015	#73
He can't be a pedophile, he was a child by law	adigal	May 2015	#132
He was 13 or 14 when it started...	PassingFair	May 2015	#48
The incidents occurred over the course of about a year, according to what I read. Do you have a link	pnwmom	May 2015	#60
Why are you so sure he stopped?	6000eliot	May 2015	#91
I'm not sure. I'm just asking for people to back up what they're saying. What I have read in	pnwmom	May 2015	#92
This is my last response:	6000eliot	May 2015	#96
I am defending the right of be children to be recognized as children.	pnwmom	May 2015	#97
Listen. I'm gay.	6000eliot	May 2015	#100
I'm not defending his work, or anyone else's work, for that organization.	pnwmom	May 2015	#101
What you are is history.	6000eliot	May 2015	#102
+1000	adigal	May 2015	#133
I, too, thought along the same lines you are expresssing	duhneece	May 2015	#140
Youngest of the alleged sister victims	AC_Mem	May 2015	#83
Do you have a link saying that the youngest who was molested was four? Just wondering,	pnwmom	May 2015	#85
Pnwmom, the guy was raised to believe that females are inferior beings...	countryjake	May 2015	#104
Thank you for the link countryjake.	pnwmom	May 2015	#105
What of his sisters, the 10yr old, the 9yr old, the 8yr old, the 4yr old?	countryjake	May 2015	#109
Yes, the girls knew it was wrong -- thank goodness. But I won't be surprised if it eventually	pnwmom	May 2015	#110
I said in my first reply, females as inherent inferiors is what he was taught.	countryjake	May 2015	#112
I haven't, till yesterday.	pnwmom	May 2015	#115
It always amazes me that even though we KNOW ... that abuse of minors begets abuse of minors	brett_jv	May 2015	#123
I think you nailed it in your last sentence.	pnwmom	May 2015	#126
This is why I'm disturbed by reactions here...I thought we were more educated	adigal	May 2015	#134
Those poor girls.	KristinDawn1088	May 2015	#107
you showed a bit of courage there yourself	Psephos	May 2015	#38
Thank you, Psephos.	pnwmom	May 2015	#39
I'd like to praise you also. I believe you're correct in not screaming for his blood....	BlueJazz	May 2015	#46
Thank you so much.	pnwmom	May 2015	#61
I'm pretty much on your side, pnwmom.	Stonepounder	May 2015	#47
I can't stand those parents and think narcissism is at the root of their whole family system.	pnwmom	May 2015	#66
molesting is not 'playing doctor'	douggg	May 2015	#84
Thank you for pointing this out. I'm stunned at the judgement of supposed liberals	adigal	May 2015	#131
This message was self-deleted by its author	Liberalagogo	May 2015	#8
my takeaway on this.....	dawnie51	May 2015	#10
Once a molester, always a molester	dbackjon	May 2015	#13
According to the reports, he was a young teen, and if he wasn't 5 years older than the victim,	pnwmom	May 2015	#63
One was 5 years old	dbackjon	May 2015	#65
Do you have a link for that? I haven't seen the victims or the ages clearly identified.	pnwmom	May 2015	#72
Based on the timeline one of them has to be	dbackjon	May 2015	#75
He was the oldest of many. Why are you assuming he raped the youngest?	pnwmom	May 2015	#77
He violated them in their genitals with his hand	dbackjon	May 2015	#78
I said that fondling is a serious crime. Please don't put words in my mouth.	pnwmom	May 2015	#81
Are you just trying to be argumentative and can't concede the point that you were wrong	dbackjon	May 2015	#82
Logic does not dictate that and neither does simple math.	pnwmom	May 2015	#86
Why are you so defensive and supportive of that asshole?	Owl	May 2015	#89
Right. Because asking for factual information is being defensive and supportive.	pnwmom	May 2015	#93
The police report was destroyed because one of his victims is still a minor.	StevieM	May 2015	#95
Do you know when it was destroyed? When the 3 year statute of limitations expired he had more than one	pnwmom	May 2015	#99
It was destroyed yesterday, as I understand it.	StevieM	May 2015	#106
She is not alone.	duhneece	May 2015	#141
So to protect women we have to protect the molesters?	dbackjon	May 2015	#144
These are our sons and our daughters	duhneece	May 2015	#146
So then pnwmom...	AC_Mem	May 2015	#113
No, I wouldn't allow that.	pnwmom	May 2015	#116
I do have to ask you, although I agree with 99% of what you say	adigal	May 2015	#136
I'm only vaguely aware of her situation, but I don't remember many DUers here condemning her.	pnwmom	May 2015	#145
Stop saying things that aren't true - sheesh, logic is scarce around here	adigal	May 2015	#135
Another repressed, hateful fundie asshole	tabasco	May 2015	#14
And Lena Dunham? What is her excuse? Nt	adigal	May 2015	#137
What is it, nineteen goddam children now?...	americannightmare	May 2015	#16
I thought it was weird that his wife looks exceptionally similar to his sisters	Heddi	May 2015	#17
You're saying that Josh Duggar actually said that LGBT people are pedophiles?	StevieM	May 2015	#28
I have no idea which clone-mouth those words came from. The asshole works for AFA	Heddi	May 2015	#30
Amen to that!	cheapdate	May 2015	#34
Are you angry about something I wrote in my post?	StevieM	May 2015	#35
Not angry with you!! angry that these hateful bigots are millionaires with tv shows	Heddi	May 2015	#36
Just like the Duck Dynasty inbreds.	Elmer S. E. Dump	May 2015	#45
The FRC's position is that homosexuality is linked to pedophilia.	riderinthestorm	May 2015	#40
Yup that is prett	avebury	May 2015	#143
Very Surprised	jaxind	May 2015	#18
I wonder if the "He is not a REAL Christian," no-true-Scotsman types will show.	Arugula Latte	May 2015	#53
Why is Bill Clinton in the last row of the photo?	Hoppy	May 2015	#19
Why do fundies have a smarmy look that makes you want to	Hoppy	May 2015	#21
Big article at Wonkette too	shenmue	May 2015	#22
Yes. And that article shows that the focus here on the actions of a 13-14 year old may be misplaced.	pnwmom	May 2015	#24
Uh, no. Not misplaced.	shenmue	May 2015	#25
You think the FOCUS should be on the individual 13-14 year old rather than his parents	pnwmom	May 2015	#26
ON both	dbackjon	May 2015	#68
Absolutely!	Owl	May 2015	#88
When you throw terms like "psychopath son" for the actions of a 14 year old	adigal	May 2015	#138
Thanks for the link n/t	underpants	May 2015	#129
Doesn't TLC vet there shows?	mackerel	May 2015	#37
And so it begins.The great unraveling of the Duggar family.	7wo7rees	May 2015	#41
By "counseling" he means he went to ALERT and his sisters went to Journey to the Heart,	LeftyMom	May 2015	#42
Something I've been wondering about with all of this...	Stryst	May 2015	#122
There was one other girl in the police report.	LeftyMom	May 2015	#125
Thank god this fine upstanding christian warrior	workinclasszero	May 2015	#43
So 'past mistakes' now become	rizlaplus	May 2015	#44
Does this mean that Babyhead Siblingdiddler will have to find another lobbying "job"?	Tom Ripley	May 2015	#49
Our yougest daughter (13) watches their show,,,	benld74	May 2015	#50
You could be a responsible parent	dbackjon	May 2015	#70
Because she DOESNT know about that part of them	benld74	May 2015	#74
They never should be exposed to that	dbackjon	May 2015	#76
cool off	treestar	May 2015	#114
thanks, coudnt seem to say anything right there	benld74	May 2015	#120
I wonder where he learned thät sort of behavior?	notadmblnd	May 2015	#51
Home schooled, no surprise	workinclasszero	May 2015	#52
Yeah, and I'll bet none of his victims ever got counseling either	Novara	May 2015	#54
WHAT? According to Wikipedia, he was 19 when he got married in 1984. How could he be a "teenager"	George II	May 2015	#55
I think it was Jim Bob Duggar who was 19 in 1984. Josh Duggar is Jim Bob's son. (eom)	StevieM	May 2015	#56
OH......gee, there are so many it's tought to keep track of them! (haha)	George II	May 2015	#57
Did law enforcement decline to prosecute	TexasBushwhacker	May 2015	#58
One of the victims was a babysitter, but the incidents were are all past the statute of limitations.	pnwmom	May 2015	#62
he brought a lot of his personal skills and beliefs to that organization	samsingh	May 2015	#59
This whole story is creepy.	hrmjustin	May 2015	#64
Another example of Huck's "persecuted Christians" n/t	TexasBushwhacker	May 2015	#79
Horrible man.	hrmjustin	May 2015	#80
The only good thing about Huckabee defending him is that he's kneecapped himself	davidpdx	May 2015	#103
He apparently has a lot of experience researching family. Now everyone needs counseling.	Gore1FL	May 2015	#87
The victims	hamsterjill	May 2015	#94
Huckabee sucks	greenfish	May 2015	#98
"Damn Josh, when we said 'family values' we didn't mean THAT!!!!"	4lbs	May 2015	#108
what about the victims? are they receiving counseling? they have to face their molester at	secondwind	May 2015	#111
"past teenage mistakes" yeah right. Makes it sound like a shoplifting incident.	yellowcanine	May 2015	#118
So. Completely. Predictable.	Matariki	May 2015	#119
Tip of the iceberg with that creepy family /nt	hopeforchange2008	May 2015	#121
ok I don't know these people from Adam	d_r	May 2015	#124
I'm just going to blurt this out, just cause I've long wondered ...	brett_jv	May 2015	#127
He was not a pedophile, he was a minor himself	adigal	May 2015	#139
Compulsive breeding for God	agent46	May 2015	#128
I'm glad for the exposure....	Novara	May 2015	#130
Many 14 year olds pedophiles are sitting in Juvenile Jails or adult prisons now - mostly minorities	Farmbrook	May 2015	#142

Response to Novara (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 06:00 PM

leftofcool (19,460 posts)

Josh Duggar Admits Molestation, Resigns from Family Research Council

1. Well isn't he special! Gawd forgave him. Ask his victims if they do.

31. Apparently most of them are his sisters.

117. His sisters were raised to be sexual toys and forbidden to complain.

2. Is this one of those million-kids-in-the-family Duggars? nt

5. I second that question

6. Yep! nt

3. What a fucking jerk.

4. He was 14. What he did was wrong, but he had more courage in admitting this than many men

7. Interesting:

9. Courage? I don't think so.

11. He chose to come forward even though he wasn't being criminally prosecuted

12. AFTER the statute of limitations expired.

15. That is not entirely true. His secret was out...

20. That was my first assumption

23. He was 13 -14 while this was happening. For all we know, his victims were close in age.

27. It's so nice that people give these hateful people the benefit of the doubt,

29. I am NOT excusing the parents at all. I'm pointing out that this kid was 13-14 years old

32. His parents don't work for an LGBT hate group.

33. His parents taught him everything he knows. And they've donated money to

90. Last year his mother recorded robo-calls warning people that

67. YES YOU ARE

69. He was a younger teen; and brain development, including impulse control, continues

71. So he should get off scot-free?

73. How do you make that conclusion?

132. He can't be a pedophile, he was a child by law

48. He was 13 or 14 when it started...

60. The incidents occurred over the course of about a year, according to what I read. Do you have a link

91. Why are you so sure he stopped?

92. I'm not sure. I'm just asking for people to back up what they're saying. What I have read in

96. This is my last response:

97. I am defending the right of be children to be recognized as children.

100. Listen. I'm gay.

101. I'm not defending his work, or anyone else's work, for that organization.

102. What you are is history.

133. +1000

140. I, too, thought along the same lines you are expresssing

83. Youngest of the alleged sister victims

85. Do you have a link saying that the youngest who was molested was four? Just wondering,

104. Pnwmom, the guy was raised to believe that females are inferior beings...

105. Thank you for the link countryjake.

109. What of his sisters, the 10yr old, the 9yr old, the 8yr old, the 4yr old?

110. Yes, the girls knew it was wrong -- thank goodness. But I won't be surprised if it eventually

112. I said in my first reply, females as inherent inferiors is what he was taught.

115. I haven't, till yesterday.

123. It always amazes me that even though we KNOW ... that abuse of minors begets abuse of minors

126. I think you nailed it in your last sentence.

134. This is why I'm disturbed by reactions here...I thought we were more educated

107. Those poor girls.

38. you showed a bit of courage there yourself

39. Thank you, Psephos.

46. I'd like to praise you also. I believe you're correct in not screaming for his blood....

61. Thank you so much.

47. I'm pretty much on your side, pnwmom.

66. I can't stand those parents and think narcissism is at the root of their whole family system.

84. molesting is not 'playing doctor'

131. Thank you for pointing this out. I'm stunned at the judgement of supposed liberals

10. my takeaway on this.....

13. Once a molester, always a molester

63. According to the reports, he was a young teen, and if he wasn't 5 years older than the victim,

65. One was 5 years old

72. Do you have a link for that? I haven't seen the victims or the ages clearly identified.

75. Based on the timeline one of them has to be

77. He was the oldest of many. Why are you assuming he raped the youngest?

78. He violated them in their genitals with his hand

81. I said that fondling is a serious crime. Please don't put words in my mouth.

82. Are you just trying to be argumentative and can't concede the point that you were wrong

86. Logic does not dictate that and neither does simple math.

89. Why are you so defensive and supportive of that asshole?

93. Right. Because asking for factual information is being defensive and supportive.

95. The police report was destroyed because one of his victims is still a minor.

99. Do you know when it was destroyed? When the 3 year statute of limitations expired he had more than one

106. It was destroyed yesterday, as I understand it.

141. She is not alone.

144. So to protect women we have to protect the molesters?

146. These are our sons and our daughters

113. So then pnwmom...

116. No, I wouldn't allow that.

136. I do have to ask you, although I agree with 99% of what you say

145. I'm only vaguely aware of her situation, but I don't remember many DUers here condemning her.

17. I thought it was weird that his wife looks exceptionally similar to his sisters