Josh Duggar Accused of Molesting Several Sisters as a Teen: Reports

[spookyturtle 9,465]

AKA prolapse.

Andrew Dice Clay.

[zuluweta 250]

Josh Duggar confessed three times to sexually assaulting his sisters — and his parents still did nothing

by Jenny Kutner, Salon, June 3, 2015

Just when it seemed the details of Josh Duggar’s admitted sexual assault couldn’t get worse, the story has become more horrifying.

On Wednesday, InTouch magazine — which first broke the story of abuse in the “19 Kids & Counting” family last month — released additional police reports indicating that Duggar told his father, Jim Bob, on three separate occasions that he had sexually abused his sisters as well as a family friend. Then Jim Bob and his wife, Michelle, waited more than a year to contact the authorities.

The new report, which is less redacted than initial documents, confirms that Duggar was 15 years old when he first molested his five-year-old sister. He also admitted seven separate instances of abuse to his father before he or any of his sisters was taken for professional counseling; InTouch notes that it remains unclear whether Jim Bob and Michelle brought their children for counseling of their own volition, or if intervention was mandated once law enforcement officials did become involved in the sexual assault allegations.

“James [Jim Bob] said that in March of 2002 [redacted, Josh] who had just turned 14, came to him very upset and crying,” the police report states. “James said that [redacted, Josh] had told him that he had been sneaking into [redacted, his sisters’] room at night and had been touching [redacted, his sisters] on the breasts and vaginal areas while they were sleeping.”

According to the report, Duggar — now a 27-year-old father of three who recently resigned from a leadership position at the anti-LGBT Family Research Council — went from sister to sister “in a common room” where all of the girls slept at the time. He also confessed to Jim Bob that he had assaulted one girl while she slept on the couch.

Legal experts reportedly told InTouch that the Duggar parents could have faced six years in prison for failing to report the assaults to the police, but the statute of limitations on the case had expired by the time law enforcement officials first investigated the allegations in 2006. Jim Bob and Michelle eventually took their son to speak with state trooper Joseph Hutchens, who apparently gave the teen offender an unofficial talking-to; the officer is currently serving a 56-year prison sentence for child pornography.

Duggar confirmed the truth of the sexual assault allegations by saying he “acted inexcusably” the same week InTouch published its first report. TLC, which airs the family’s reality series “19 Kids & Counting,” pulled the show from its lineup in light of the reports, but has yet to announce whether it will remain on the air.

Link to article - http://tinyurl.com/pgbcavl

Edited June 3, 2015 by zuluweta

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I feel horrible for those girls....

[zuluweta 250]

I don't understand why the Duggar parents are not charged with crimes due to their intentional failure to report the molestations.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I don't understand why the Duggar parents are not charged with crimes due to their intentional failure to report the molestations.

Privilege. Having money and being high profile has it's benefits.

[zuluweta 250]

Privilege. Having money and being high profile has it's benefits.

Being high profile also has its downside, namely, more people out to get your head on the chopping block at the slightest mistake.

Maybe the privilege part here is what's kept the local authorities from going after them.

[zuluweta 250]

Duggar family pastor says Caitlyn Jenner no longer an American champion because of gender transition...but that God can forgive Josh's molester past
from UK Daily Mail, June 3, 2015

The Duggar family's fiery Southern Baptist pastor used the occasion of his sermon this Sunday to address the splashy debut of Caitlyn Jenner.

In case there was any confusion, he's against it.

After proclaiming that God would forgive serial molester Josh Duggar, Rev. Ronnie Floyd told congregants at Cross Church that Jenner is a sinner in the eyes of God and should no longer be seen as an American hero.

'That is sad,' Floyd said of the Olympic gold medalist's coming out as transgender. 'But let me tell you what else is sad, the comments from the american culture, comments like "once a champion, always a champion" comments like "an American hero once again."'

The Arkansas pastor also proclaimed:

'God didn't make him like that,' the Arkansas pastor proclaimed. 'There are two different sexes, male and female...They're not unclear lines, if you are created a man, you are specifically and intentionally created to be a man so don't try to be anything else.'

Meanwhile, Floyd spoke out on Josh Duggar's admitted sexual assaults on young girls by saying that the serial molester could win back the love of the lord.

'I’m thankful, whether it’s him or any other one, that I serve a God who can forgive everything,' Floyd told People.

The Southern Baptist Convention, for which Floyd serves as elected president--representing the nation's largest protestant denomination with 15.7 million members--last year passed a resolution denouncing efforts by governments to 'validate transgender identity as morally praiseworthy' at its annual convention.

Floyd said the SBC's stance reflects the denomination's adherence to the Bible and will not be compromised.

Earlier in 2014, a Southern California SBC church decided to stop condemning homosexuality as sinful and instead embraced a 'third way.'

Floyd said that in relaxing its views on gay members, the church and its pastor had 'chosen to disassociate itself with the Southern Baptist Convention' and that the denomination 'does not support or condone' such action.

Link to article - http://tinyurl.com/p8km2ls

Edited June 3, 2015 by zuluweta

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Being high profile also has its downside, namely, more people out to get your head on the chopping block at the slightest mistake.

Maybe the privilege part here is what's kept the local authorities from going after them.

Depends on how America sees you. If this family was very integrated into the town it came from, which it sounds like it was, the cover up happened before they became famous.

[zuluweta 250]

The Duggar family pastor, like a water diviner, can tell how the divine being that controls the universe will choose to forgive a child molester like Josh Duggar over a transwoman like Caitlyn Jenner.

[novedsac 355]

I don't understand why the Duggar parents are not charged with crimes due to their intentional failure to report the molestations.

What crime did they commit? Parents are not mandated reporters. In order to charge someone with a crime you need to have a statute that has been violated.

Doesn't mean that not reporting it was right, but that is beyond the scope of the law.

Edited June 3, 2015 by novedsac

[spookyturtle 9,465]

The Duggar family pastor, like a water diviner, can tell how the divine being that controls the universe will choose to forgive a child molester like Josh Duggar over a transwoman like Caitlyn Jenner.

Too bad he doesn't preach, Judge not lest you be judged, like the man who does the judging preached.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Not surprising considering the high probability of the pastor being a pedophile himself... Birds of a feather...

Duggar family pastor says Caitlyn Jenner no longer an American champion because of gender transition...but that God can forgive Josh's molester past

[JohnR! 5,495]

They never do. The last time I went to church a divorced pastor was preaching about the sanctity of marriage. I almost burst out laughing... Made me think of Chuckles the Clown's funeral...

Forever a classic...

Too bad he doesn't preach, Judge not lest you be judged, like the man who does the judging preached.

Edited June 3, 2015 by JohnR!

[zuluweta 250]

What crime did they commit? Parents are not mandated reporters. In order to charge someone with a crime you need to have a statute that has been violated.

Doesn't mean that not reporting it was right, but that is beyond the scope of the law.

This article seems to say that according to legal experts, the Duggar parents' conduct could be considered a crime under Arkansas law. Here I quote the relevant paragraph:

"Legal experts told In Touch that Jim Bob and Michelle’s conduct could be considered a crime under Arkansas law, had the statute of limitations not expired."

Link to article - http://tinyurl.com/p6zdz3b

[novedsac 355]

This article seems to say that according to legal experts, the Duggar parents' conduct could be considered a crime under Arkansas law. Here I quote the relevant paragraph:

"Legal experts told In Touch that Jim Bob and Michelle’s conduct could be considered a crime under Arkansas law, had the statute of limitations not expired."

Link to article - http://tinyurl.com/p6zdz3b

Ah, the nondescript reporting of a weekly tabloid which characterizes itself as a celebrity gossip magazine. Maybe Elvis saw something?

Their legal 'expert' could be their corporate attorney in the corner suite who is likely better versed in libel and slander law. Since the statute of limitations has expired, I doubt anyone has seriously looked into the merit of a legal action.

While it may be possible, I strongly suspect it is not because parents typically have a very wide latitude in these sort of things. Negligence? Perhaps, but not based on the information on the Duggar family which has been made public thus far.