It seems that Jim Bob and Michelle, did not merely "try" to deal with the situation... they actually dealt with it.
No they didn't.
They sent him away for a few months to do home remodeling with a family friend and called it "counseling," they say that they went to the police, but they went to a another family friend, an LEO who was also a criminal involved in a similar kind of offense.
It was not until the scandal spread that the local police got involved, and that was after the statute of limitations had run out.
They dealt with it by allowing the abuser to live in the same house with the abused, by not getting outside counseling or help for either the victims or the abuser, by conveniently allowing the statute of limitations to expire, thereby making sure no one would receive correction or assistance.
Disgusting.
Hardly. Jim Bob waited over a year before going to police. Even then, he went to a state trooper, not local police. Finally, he sent Josh to some "program" that was not any kind of program at all.
Josh needs professional help and it does not appear he ever received any.
They had him talk to a trooper who was a family friend and himself went to prison for pedophilia. That’s not dealing with it.