Today’s Bible Verse:

“For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.” – Luke 8:17

For those of you who are unaware… I really can’t stand the Duggars. Their forray into Fayetteville politics deeply disturbed me. So if you think the events of the last week can go without me throwing my two cents in… well who are you and why are you reading my blog?

I tell ya these people are so super creepy… this is their friend’s van. I guess that safety of a child thing doesn’t really apply if it’s a daughter.

So here is my brief run down of creepiness from the Police Report, which was purged Thursday by Springdale PD per court order “due to one of the victims still being a minor”. I could point out the name of the only daughter in the family that this could apply to, but since child molesters rarely just molest one sex, I think it’s definitely plausible that at least one of the victims was a boy. ( it would also explain why the Duggars seem convinced that homosexuals are pedophiles.) If it was the only girl this applies to then she was 5 at the time of the incident. So this wasn’t adolescent curiosity as the Duggar fans say. This was a 14 year old and a five year old. I also want to point out that THIS specific type of behavior is almost always learned from a parent or older adult, and since the Duggar kids don’t go to public schools and aren’t allowed out of the house except for church then we have to assume Josh learned this at home or at church.

I keep seeing in the press that Jim Bob turned in his son. But that does not appear to be correct.

For starters, the investigation was opened when HARPO productions called the Arkansas Child Crisis Hotline, then forwarded an email they received from an anonymous viewer stating that Josh had molested someone while they were sleeping. This person supposedly found out from a letter that the victim wrote and placed in a book that was then loaned out to a friend.

Let’s just think about that one for a sec. The kid is molested, and they have to hide a letter in a book being loaned out to get help. It’s sickening, and it gets worse.

Let’s also take a minute to point out that out of all the adults that knew about this from 2002 until now, the producers at HARPO seem to be the only ones who did the right thing.

So instead of being interviewed by Oprah, several members of the family got interviewed by State Police.

In the interview the parents said when they found out, they discussed it with their Church Elders. That would be Cross Church lead by “Armani” Ronnie Floyd, head of the Southern Baptist Convention and Total Douchbag.

In a strange twist of irony 10 days before the report came out Ronnie Floyd posted about sexual abuse on his blog.

“I absolutely shudder every time I hear that 25 to 33 percent of girls and 5 to 15 percent of boys will be sexually abused by the time they are 18 years of age. Sadly, most abuse is at the hands of family members or trusted family friends.”

He linked to a Resolution from the Southern Baptist convention from 2013 stating that Church leaders should turn in those who abuse children.

“RESOLVED, That we remind all Southern Baptists of their legal and moral responsibility to report any accusations of child abuse to authorities in addition to implementing any appropriate church discipline or internal restoration processes; and be it further”

The Southern Baptist Convention has a long list of Child Abuse Charges… here’s an entire website devoted to those.

So in 2003 a group of men in Springdale, most likely including Ronnie Floyd, knew this happened and did not notify the authorities and kept it secret. At their request, Jim Bob sent Josh off to a “treatment center” in Little Rock – Michelle later told police it wasn’t really a treatment center but he went to work for a guy who was “remodeling”. So instead of getting the kid help, his mother says she shipped him off to be child labor. Yes child labor is is the mom’s offical story.

So where exactly did they ship him to? A place with no certified counselors that does not appear to have a program to treat youth sex offenders.

According to Radar Online, Harold Walker, a former leader at the Little Rock location of The Institute in Basic Life Principals, said he recalled Josh Duggar being brought in, but couldn’t recall the reasons why.

“I really don’t remember the circumstances on why Josh came to our center,” Walker said, “He came down … they used to work at the center, the entire family did.”

The Institute in Basic Life Principals, founded by Bill Gothard – who has since resigned amidst sexual assault allegations, has come under fire for child abuse and molestation so many times, not only do they have their own whistle blower group… Recovering Grace, they also have had their own 10 part hidden camera TV Investigation ( I have no idea why the video isn’t available but the transcript is terrifying.) outlining systematic child abuse of children in their custody.

According to The Duggar Family blog they utilize the Institute’s materials in home schooling their kids. And they aren’t alone. Gothard’s ATI curriculum is the go to curriculum for faith based home schoolers. It was the curriculum used by Mathew Murray’s family. Murray ended up going on a killing spree in 2007.

ATI provides materials such as this handout on sexual assault which teaches the victim it’s their fault for being assaulted.

Jim Bob and Michelle did not mention giving the victims of the assaults any “treatment” or counseling, but all of those interviewed said Josh apologized. And we all know that is what a victim really needs, an apology.

According to Jim Bob, Josh spent 3 months at the center in Little Rock. When Josh returned in July of 2003 he sat him down with family friend Arkansas State Trooper Joseph Hutchens who gave him a stern talk about what might happen if Josh got caught. This officer never filled out a report.

At the time of the 2006 interview with Springdale PD Hutchens was already serving his first of three sentences for Child Pornography Charges. (He was charged again in 2010 and 2014)

So Josh groped some kids, was sent to a training center where he was either beaten, or beat other kids, or just used as child labor. When he came home his parents had a child porn collector tell him the bad things that could happen to him if he didn’t stop, and as far as the family was concerned it was all water under the bridge until someone told Oprah.

The kids were brought in and interviewed by police. Their stories are super creepy. One of them stated that they weren’t afraid of Josh but afraid of someone else whose name has been redacted. It’s unclear if Josh was brought in at this time.

It’s apparent from later in the report that the Duggars attempted to obtain a lawyer. The first lawyer contacts police to make an appointment to interview someone. (probably Josh) The lawyer then calls and says they have dropped the case and recommended another lawyer who refused the case. Jom Bob later calls and says they have another lawyer and someone won’t be coming in for an interview.

At this point the Detective filed a Family in Need of Services Petition with Washington County, and it appears that the county took action.

According to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette:

“The sealed Washington County Circuit Court file for “Josh Duggar vs. the Arkansas Department of Human Services,” CV 07-921, was found in 2007 by a Northwest Arkansas Times reporter, who now works for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A trial in that case took place Aug. 6, 2007, according to notes attached to the file. Sealed cases aren’t supposed to be left in public view, but the Duggar case file had been left in a stack of routine court filings at the circuit clerk’s office. The reporter saw no other information on the case at the time.”

So it appears that Josh may have gone to court for this crime (or some crime) 5 years after the “first incident”.

In 2008 The Duggars became instant celebrities when their show hit TLC. It is unclear what TLC knew about the allegations and when. They have pulled the show for now.

Michelle and Jim Bob have used their celebrity status as political leverage in local, state and federal politics. As the InTouch story was breaking this week the Duggars proudly stood onstage to back Mike Huckabee’s fundraising efforts. He was the first to come out and say that he stands by the Duggars as the allegations broke. A choice he might end up regretting if he wins the Republican nomination he so desperately wants.

And while you and I sit here agog at these allegations of abuse, coming from every corner of these kids world, the list of people who are defending Jim Bob and Michelle’s right to raise their children in this abusive manner keeps growing.

Sen. Bart Hester has called for the firing of Springdale Police Chief Kathy O’ Kelly for fulfilling the FOIA request for the report.O’Kelly announced weeks ago she is retiring on July 30th of this year. I guess as a lawmaker he doesn’t realize that by not fulfilling that request she would have been breaking the law.

The Duggar bomb comes just months after Conservative Christian and Arkansas State Legislator Justin Harris came under fire for re-homing his adopted daughters to a child molestor. Harris ran a Faith based preschool.

Should we continue as a society to allow this Domestic Violence disguised as faith based education to continue? And to do so with Non-Profit Religious Status ?

I constantly hear on tv how Non-Extremist Muslims need to step up and deal with their right wing extremists. Maybe it is time for Christians to do the same thing, because the more I learn about the Duggars, the more I think they aren’t really all that different from ISIS.