I might have believed it was a fake and a smear story given that they posit themselves as being of a strong Christian faith and values – and yes I recognize that Christians are targets, but this family BTW are pimping out their family and their lives in a TV reality show for money and fame and Josh Duggar and his parents have basically admitted that it actually happened:
“Twelve years ago, as a young teenager, I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret. I hurt others, including my family and close friends. I confessed this to my parents who took several steps to help me address the situation. We spoke with the authorities where I confessed my wrongdoing, and my parents arranged for me and those affected by my actions to receive counseling. I understood that if I continued down this wrong road that I would end up ruining my life.”
Josh Duggar's parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, who are named in the police report, also spoke out Thursday.
"Back 12 years ago our family went through one of the most difficult times of our lives. When Josh was a young teenager, he made some very bad mistakes and we were shocked. We had tried to teach him right from wrong," they said on Facebook.
"That dark and difficult time caused us to seek God like never before. Even though we would never choose to go through something so terrible, each one of our family members drew closer to God."
What disturbs me about his “confession” is that he seemed to be more concerned about it “ruining his life” if his behavior continued and not so much of a concern about his sisters and at least one other non-family female victim and how what he did may have also ruined their lives.
That and the supposed “counseling” he received was not sending him away to a Christian counseling center for a time as the family first claimed, but sending him to live with another relative or family friend and having him do some hard manual labor.
Yea, making him “chop some wood” in punishment for “having wood” toward his younger sisters, will solve everything. /s
If he was innocent of the accusations, I would have expected him and his parents and his sisters to come forward and say that the accusations were completely false, not true and fight the accusation. But he didn’t do that. He and his parents have admitted to it and he has resigned his position from the Family Research Council. Perhaps the Family Research Council should do a little more research on who they hire next time.
Here’s the other problem. Its going to be hard (impossible?) now for the FRC to in any way argue that homosexuals are a danger to children, when they now have a history of hiring staff members who are a danger to children.
This is a Cluster Foxtrot all around.
Perhaps FRC should hire the gay lobby to vet its employees. I am sure they have been turning over rocks from Day 1 to find dirt on the Duggars. However it came out, though, it is good to have it in the open since the parents are fully culpable. What a way to end the Duggar dynasty. I hope the girls recover from the devastation of the publicity on top of the molestation.