The girl involved was not his sister. Some twittering tweet-head threw that out there, but it has nothing to do with the actual event that has been reported. Also, when a child fondles another child, that does not make him a child molester -- or a sex offender.
Before you put any more of these labels on Josh, ask yourself this question: Did you ever do anything as a child or in your youth (say from age 8 to age 16) to another child in the same age range that would be a far more serious immoral or even criminal act if you did as an adult to a child or adolescent?
The police report is out there.
There were a total of 5 victims. 4 of them were his sisters.
One of them was four years old at the time and is still a minor at this point.
“Before you put any more of these labels on Josh, ask yourself this question: Did you ever do anything as a child or in your youth (say from age 8 to age 16) to another child in the same age range that would be a far more serious immoral or even criminal act if you did as an adult to a child or adolescent? “
Sorry, but 14 is not in the same age range as 4.
The police report states that 4 of the 5 victims live at home ‘with JimBob and Michelle Duggar’. Who else would it be if not his younger sisters? One as young as 4.
Um, no. The police report is available to read. He molested four of his sisters (out of the five that were part of the family at the time). Three were molested while they slept, the little one was molested while she sat on his lap, being read to, and then there was another girl from a different family who was visiting.
The moral relativism is jaw dropping. Judging the heinousness of these acts, or stating that, factually, he was at one time guilty of child molestation, isn’t the same as casting him headlong into the Lake of Fire. Mom and dad are guilty of not protecting their victimized daughters, by gambling this wouldn’t come out in the pursuit of rich pay days and trips across the globe. Women who are sexually violated deserve anonymity to protect their good names. It’s like being violated twice. That’s how real men respond to such a situation. They protect their daughters or spouses or whoever. That didn’t happen here.
Did you ever do anything as a child or in your youth (say from age 8 to age 16) to another child in the same age range that would be a far more serious immoral or even criminal act if you did as an adult to a child or adolescent?
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No.
Why are people (including you) dismissing this as harmless exploration when a 14 year old boy fondled the genitals of a 4 year old? The police report said victims said he fondled their “breast and vaginas” while they were sleeping. This is predatory behavior. And this behavior does not respond well to treatment; he should be watched for life.
He behaved the way he did when he was old enough to know better and he preyed upon the vulnerable - he snuck into bedrooms to molest them as they slept.
“Did you ever do anything as a child or in your youth (say from age 8 to age 16) to another child in the same age range that would be a far more serious immoral or even criminal act if you did as an adult to a child or adolescent? “
No.
And he did molest 4 of his sisters. Who else would it be living at the same address? The police report is posted on the internet.