Post by thunderhawk on May 22, 2015 9:31:04 GMT -6
www.cnn.com/2015/05/22/politics/josh-duggar-molestation-2016-conservatives/
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/duggar-spawn-family-research-council-leader-resigns-over-molestation-charges
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last cycle Josh Duggar alone campaigned for GOP Senate candidates in Kansas, Virginia and Mississippi. In 2008, they helped drive Mike Huckabee to a win in the Iowa caucuses, where Evangelical Christians are a strong voting force; in 2012 they did the same for Santorum.
Huckabee at one point called the Duggars an "example of something that's wholesome and wonderful."
The police report also appears to show Josh's parents, Jim Bob and Michelle, were aware of their son's "forcible fondling" — often while the girls were asleep — as early as 2002, but waited at least a year to take any action against him. Jim Bob Duggar initially said upon finding out about his actions, they sent their son to a "Christian ministry" for some "hard physical work and counseling," but Michelle Duggar later revealed they simply sent him to stay with a family friend for a period of time.
A formal police investigation wasn't opened until 2006, when the Duggars were due to make an appearance on Oprah Winfrey's show and a tipster sent along a letter detailing some of the allegations, which the show forwarded to police.
Duggar and his wife live in the Washington, D.C. area and are expecting their fourth child.
Huckabee at one point called the Duggars an "example of something that's wholesome and wonderful."
The police report also appears to show Josh's parents, Jim Bob and Michelle, were aware of their son's "forcible fondling" — often while the girls were asleep — as early as 2002, but waited at least a year to take any action against him. Jim Bob Duggar initially said upon finding out about his actions, they sent their son to a "Christian ministry" for some "hard physical work and counseling," but Michelle Duggar later revealed they simply sent him to stay with a family friend for a period of time.
A formal police investigation wasn't opened until 2006, when the Duggars were due to make an appearance on Oprah Winfrey's show and a tipster sent along a letter detailing some of the allegations, which the show forwarded to police.
Duggar and his wife live in the Washington, D.C. area and are expecting their fourth child.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/duggar-spawn-family-research-council-leader-resigns-over-molestation-charges
Both Josh Duggar, the now-resigned executive director of FRC Action, and his parents and even his wife have now released statements admitting to the truth of the allegations. What's not entirely clear though is just what happened. No charges were ever brought against Josh Duggar. And father Jim Bob apparently would not allow his son to be interviewed by police when they finally opened an investigation three years after the incidents occurred.
The Duggar Family is known for forbidding any intimate physical contact at all prior to marriage. Josh Duggar was 14 and 15 when the incidents occurred and involved fondling 5 underage girls (possibly including one or more of his sisters). But there is no detail about the ages of the girls in question. And reports are somewhat vague about exactly what Duggar admitted to. Most of the incident appear to have involved Duggar fondling the girls' genitals while they slept, but sometimes also while they were awake. Police clearly believed that an investigation was warranted.
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But where the story takes a more complicated and perhaps sinister turn is the behavior of his parents, Jim Bob and Michelle. The Duggars apparently told the elders of their church about the incidents in question but not local police authorities.
Later they claimed that they had sent Josh to a Christian counseling program to cure him of whatever was driving his abusive behavior. But under police questioning, Michele Duggar admitted that it wasn't a counseling program at all but rather "a guy they know in Little Rock that is remodeling a building."
The interviewing detective asked if the remodeling guy was a "mentor" and Duggar said "kind of."
What?
When Josh returned from his time with the mentor in Little Rock, father Jim Bob along with a group of church elders took Josh to talk to Arkansas State Trooper, Jim Hutchens, a personal friend of Jim Bob's. Hutchens took no official action and apparently made no report of the incident but rather had a "stern talk" with Josh.
Alas, former state trooper Hutchens is now serving hard time on child pornography charges. He was originally sent to prison two years after the stern talk, released and then convicted again in 2010. He is currently serving a 56 year term. So he may not have been the best person to have Josh talk to.
The Duggar Family is known for forbidding any intimate physical contact at all prior to marriage. Josh Duggar was 14 and 15 when the incidents occurred and involved fondling 5 underage girls (possibly including one or more of his sisters). But there is no detail about the ages of the girls in question. And reports are somewhat vague about exactly what Duggar admitted to. Most of the incident appear to have involved Duggar fondling the girls' genitals while they slept, but sometimes also while they were awake. Police clearly believed that an investigation was warranted.
...
But where the story takes a more complicated and perhaps sinister turn is the behavior of his parents, Jim Bob and Michelle. The Duggars apparently told the elders of their church about the incidents in question but not local police authorities.
Later they claimed that they had sent Josh to a Christian counseling program to cure him of whatever was driving his abusive behavior. But under police questioning, Michele Duggar admitted that it wasn't a counseling program at all but rather "a guy they know in Little Rock that is remodeling a building."
The interviewing detective asked if the remodeling guy was a "mentor" and Duggar said "kind of."
What?
When Josh returned from his time with the mentor in Little Rock, father Jim Bob along with a group of church elders took Josh to talk to Arkansas State Trooper, Jim Hutchens, a personal friend of Jim Bob's. Hutchens took no official action and apparently made no report of the incident but rather had a "stern talk" with Josh.
Alas, former state trooper Hutchens is now serving hard time on child pornography charges. He was originally sent to prison two years after the stern talk, released and then convicted again in 2010. He is currently serving a 56 year term. So he may not have been the best person to have Josh talk to.
QUIVERFULL MOTHERFUCKERS!
