The sexual misconduct activities of the conservative religious community are real enough, what’s heartening is that the parents and their child actually tried to deal with the issue.
I don’t think the the issue of sexual misconduct is easy to deal with, though.
I have identified with this subculture in my lifetime so I don’t post this in ignorance or hatred.
I could play the role of gossip but I choose not to.
I simply ask conservative religious people to consider their own sexual misconduct or wrongdoing and consider what actions they need to take to deal with them.
It should be a priority for the conservative religious community right now, even taking priority over criticizing the sexual activities of others.
I believe that's more accurate. No community is immune or worse than any other when it comes to all manner of bad behavior by teenagers. Doesn't matter if religious or secular, conservative or liberal, race, nationality, etc.
About the only distinction you could make is that boys are more prone to offend than girls, but by how much debateable.
It's a huge family with a bad-actor caught 10 years ago and known of by their church elders and the state police. And folks are all flabergasted that a family doesn't want to air their dirty laundry in public and on national TV, as if the fondling wasn't bad enough. How weird, right? As if "Normal" families would want to delve into the depths of humiliation for our enjoyment and satisfaction.
I would wager a surprising percentage of families, somewhere in their extended family, also have some abhorrently dirty laundry and/or black-sheep relative they would rather not discuss.
Heck I don't even watch the show so maybe I'm not emotionally invested one way or the other. I just truly dislike how we (as a society) seem to derive entertainment, pleasure and satisfaction from the misfortune and scandals of others.
It seems that Jim Bob and Michelle, did not merely "try" to deal with the situation... they actually dealt with it.