Yea they waited until he was 18 to tell the police.
There is excellent reason to disagree with “much” of the Bill Gothard take on Christian faith. Like the work of all over-systematizers, much of the Lord’s gracious intent has been factored out of the bible here.
However I’m seeing the baby being chucked out with the bath water all OVER the FR discussion on this matter. If all it takes is an embarrassment like this to get American Christendom at each other’s throats, imagine what happens when the devil really cuts loose.