'Safeguards' include not allowing their daughters to sit on brothers' laps or play hide and seek with them - and banning boys from babysitting

But they did not mention house layout - as Daily Mail Online can reveal

Girls' and boys' bedrooms are located at opposite ends of second floor

Four years later, they moved into their new 7,000sq ft Arkansas home

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar built their custom home with a number of measures that physically separate their sons - including molester Josh - from their daughters, Daily Mail Online can reveal.

The couple, who have 19 children, moved into the sprawling 7,000-square-foot house they designed and helped to build in January 2006 - four years after their eldest son confessed to his sordid actions.

Strikingly, they built their daughters' shared bedroom at the opposite end of their home's second floor to their sons' room - with their master bedroom situated right in front of the girls' one, 'blocking' it.

It means that their sons - including Josh, before he moved out - have to walk past their parents' bedroom if they wish to access their sisters' room. They also have to walk past Michelle's office.

And the girls' and boys' rooms are not only located at polar ends of the second floor - they are also separated by a catwalk that stretches across the family's double-height living room and kitchen.

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Separated: Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar built their daughters' shared bedroom at the opposite end of their home in Tontitown, Arkansas, to their sons' room - with their master suite 'blocking' the girls' room (above)

Opposite ends: And the girls' and boys' rooms are not only located at polar ends of the second floor - they are also separated by a catwalk that stretches across the family's living room (above). This means that the Duggars' sons have to walk over the catwalk and past their parents' bedroom to access their sisters' room

Breaking their silence: In an interview on The Kelly File on Wednesday, the Duggars broke their silence on Josh's molestation of four of his sisters, including Jessa and Jill, and a babysitter. They said the scandal prompted them to implement a number of 'safeguards' - but did not address the layout of their current home

Jedidiah Duggar gives a tour of his shared boys bedroom. The door to the room leads to the catwalk, which is the only way that the boys can reach their sisters' room without venturing downstairs and up spiral stairs

This allows anyone who is in the living room, kitchen or dining room at the time to hear, and see, whoever is walking over the catwalk, which is attached to stairs leading to the house's first floor.

The only other means of access to the girls' bedroom - without walking across the catwalk or past the full length of Jim Bob and Michelle's suite - for the boys is a spiral staircase situated outside the room.

But even then, they would emerge right outside part of their parents' master suite.

In an emotional interview on Wednesday night, the Duggars broke their silence on Josh's molestation of four of his sisters, including Jessa and Jill, and a babysitter when he was a teen on The Kelly File.

During the sit-down with Fox News's Megyn Kelly, they explained how the molestation had prompted them to implement 'safeguards' in their then-home - a three-bedroom house in Springdale, Arkansas.

However, what they did not mention is the layout of their current Kodiak Steel Homes home, also in Arkansas, and how it physically divides their sons and daughters, as Daily Mail Online has revealed.

Inside the property, the girls' bedroom - which has been featured countless times in the Duggars' weekly show 19 Kids and Counting - is situated next to a prayer room and their parents' master suite.

Meanwhile, the boys' room is located next to a studio, a storage room and a loft. The construction of the property took nearly four years and was carried out under the guidance of carpenter Clark Wilson.

All together: If the boys were to walk to across the catwalk, they would be heard, and seen, by anyone who was in the living room or kitchen at the time. Above, the Duggars' sons shared room on the second floor

Decorated: The Duggar girls are pictured in their bedroom, which is situated at the other end of the floor

Visible: Jim Bob Duggar strolls over the catwalk, which is attached to stairs leading across the open living room and kitchen

Molestation scandal: Josh Duggar, 27, is pictured with his wife Anna, who is pregnant with their fourth child

When the Duggars finally moved into the house in 2006, Josh, who is now 27 years old and expecting his fourth child with wife Michelle - was 17. Jessa and Jill were 13 and 14 respectively.

In contrast to the family's current home, their Springdale house had small living quarters, with the boys' and girls' bedrooms just feet away, making it easy for them to access each other's rooms.

During their interview on The Kelly File, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar detailed how they had worked to make their former home 'secure' after Josh first admitted to the molestation in 2002.

This included telling their children not to play behind closed doors or engage in a game of 'hide and seek' with Josh - and other rules that are still in effect at the family's Tontitown compound today.

'We don't let boys babysit,' Michelle said. 'They don't play hide and seek together. Little ones don't sit on big boys' lap, people we don't know, or even family members, unless it's your daddy.'

Jim Bob added: 'Nothing like that ever happened to them again in the girls' bedrooms.'

But despite the 'safeguards', incidents involving Josh and his little sisters happened again in a communal part of the home, and sometimes, the then-teen touched the girls under their clothes.

Alternative route: The only means of access to the girls' bedroom - without walking across the catwalk or past the full length of Jim Bob and Michelle's suite - for the boys is the spiral staircase (left) outside the room

Victim: When the Duggars moved into the house in 2006, Josh was 17. Jessa and Jill (pictured in the girls' bedroom), who both confirmed on Wednesday that they were two of their brothers' victims, were 13 and 14

Sisters: During the interview, siblings Jessa (left) and Jill (right) also sensationally told the world they were sexually assaulted by their older brother Josh - but angrily denied that he is a pedophile or rapist

Upset: Jill said she and her sisters have now been re-victimized following the 2006 police report's release

One incident in particular, however, turned out to be haunting enough to push the Duggars to take action - Josh touched the daughter that they referred to as 'the little one' when he was 15.

Following this incident, and after 'several' of the girls came forward in March 2003 to say Josh had been touching them 'when they sleep', Jim Bob and Michelle spoke about their options.

But instead of choosing to go to the police or a mental health care provider, they decided to send Josh to the Basic Life Principles Training Center, a faith-based healing facility in Little Rock.

'As parents you're not mandatory reporters,' Jim Bob maintained. 'We got him out of the home.'

The Duggars said that, all told, one babysitter and four Duggar sisters were touched - some over and some under the clothes by Josh but that the Christian training center 'really reached his heart.'

At some point, the timeline for which the she did not make clear, Michelle said 'All of our children received professional counseling - including Josh, who paid for his own counseling.'

Jim Bob and Michelle said that Josh also said sorry to his victims. And they explained that their son's molestation of young girls had left them feeling devastated and failures as parents.

Sit-down: During the interview, Michelle said her eldest son's admission to his actions in 2002 and 2003 left her and Jim Bob with 'so much grief in our hearts', saying: 'I think, as parents, we felt we're failures'

Making their home 'secure': The couple explained how the molestation scandal had prompted them to implement 'safeguards' in their then-home - a three-bedroom house in Springdale, Arkansas. These included telling their children not to play behind closed doors or engage in a game of 'hide and seek' with Josh

Former home: 'We don't let boys babysit,' Michelle said. 'Little ones don't sit on big boys' lap, people we don't know, or even family members, unless it's your daddy.' Above, the family's former Springfield home

Tight quarters: The Springdale house had small living quarters, with the boys' and girls' bedrooms just feet away, making it easy for them to access each other's rooms. Above, three of the Duggar children queue up in their pyjamas outside one of the property's two bathrooms in a still from 14 Children and Pregnant Again

But Jim Bob said: 'Kids will make their own decisions, whether you've told them right and wrong.'

During the interview, sisters Jessa and Jill also sensationally told the world they were sexually assaulted by their older brother Josh - but angrily denied that he is a pedophile or rapist.

Conceding she was 'one of the victims', Jessa, the Duggars' fifth child, said: 'I do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile or a rapist.'

Jessa, who is pregnant with her first child, added: 'I'm like that is so overboard and a lie really, I mean people get mad at me for saying that but I can say this because I was one of the victims.'

'They don't have a right to do this,' said a deeply emotional and teary Jill who rounded on the press for what she claims is a campaign against her family. 'We are victims. They can't do this to us.'

The sisters are due to reveal more in a one-hour special on Fox News at 9pm on Friday.

When asked by Kelly during the interview why they invited cameras into their home to film the reality series, 19 Kids and Counting, Jim Bob and Michelle replied: 'We had nothing to hide.

'We're failures': The Duggars said they were felt like 'failures' as parents because of Josh's 'bad choices'. The ceiling of the back area and above the refrigerator would be the floor of the master bedroom

Opening up: The interview was partly conducted in the Duggars' kitchen and family room, where they have magnets depicting all of their 19 children's faces on their fridge. Above, Kelly is seen speaking to Jim Bob

Scandal-hit family: Kelly is pictured speaking with some of the Duggars' 19 children at their kitchen table - which also doubles as school during Michelle's homeschool lessons

'We had taken care of all of that, years before. We had a clean bill of health from the state. We had no fear. That was actually a sealed juvenile record. They said it would never be brought out.'

On May 21, the 2006 police report on Josh's actions was publicly released. It states that in March 2002, a girl came forward saying Josh 'had been touching her breasts and genitals while she slept.'

Shortly after, Josh admitted his actions to his parents. At the time, the family had a meeting, but did not inform police. A year later, 'several' more minors declared that Josh had touched them.

The teen was sent away to the Basic Life Principles Training Center for treatment.

Jim Bob and Michelle also told church elders of their son's actions, and brought him to Arkansas State Prison to speak with trooper Joseph Hutchens, in the presence of at least one elder.

The scandal became public knowledge when the police report accusing Josh of molestation was obtained by InTouch Magazine - prompting Josh to confirm the shocking claims.

The police report detailed Josh's molestation of five minors in 2002 and 2003.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are pictured with their children in the Extra studios in New York City last year

JOSH DUGGAR'S MOLESTATION OF MINORS In March 2002, one sister said that Josh Duggar, then 14, 'had been touching her breasts and genitals while she slept.' He would admit to this a few months later in July, and a member of the family claims they had a meeting to discuss the incident. Then, in March 2003, 'several' minors - including sisters and a babysitter - came forward to say that Josh had been touching them 'when they sleep,' leading to his father Jim Bob holding another family meeting and deciding to speak with elders at the family's church about the offenses. It was suggested that Josh should enter a treatment program, at which point he spent four months in Little Rock, Arkansas helping a family friend remodel a building. Upon his return, Jim Bob informed those aware of the situation that Josh had received counseling and took him to a family friend who was a state trooper to reveal what had occurred, resulting in the teenager getting a stern lecture but no formal report being filed by police. By all accounts, the offenses stopped and Josh apologized to the victim, but some time in 2006 an individual in the church who had borrowed a book from the Duggars found a note detailing Josh's molestation of minors. That person then sent that information in an email to The Oprah Winfrey Show shortly before the Duggars were set to appear, and they in turn notified authorities who began conducted an investigation. Jim Bob and Michelle along with all the victims were interviewed, though Josh was made unavailable to speak by his parents and no charges were pursued in the end as the statute of limitations had by that point run out. Advertisement

He was never charged with a crime for the incidents as by the time police learned of the offenses the statue of limitations had passed, and his parents did not notify authorities in an official capacity.

'A technicality prevented any further action,' a source told InTouch Magazine last week.

Following the report's release, Josh issued a public apology for his actions as a teenager, admitting that he had 'acted inexcusably'. His parents also released their own statement on the scandal.

Following the revelations concerning Josh's molestation of young girls, General Mills said it had 'blacklisted' the TLC show, 19 Kids and Counting, and removed it from its advertising schedule.

Since then, at least 14 other sponsors have done the same.

And on May 22, TLC pulled the show from its schedule. The move came one day after the network decided to run a marathon of the show that heavily featured Josh, which had outraged fans.

Last week, Arkansas police confirmed that they had destroyed the report on Josh after one of his victims came forward and requested the document be expunged from public record.

The girl told a judge she feared her name would be released and she was still a minor.