Who's Defending the Duggers Girls - The Real VICTIMS!
This post will be a LONG READ, and I'll try to limit my commentary.
It is disappointing to read some (a very small amount of folks) on DU question why folks are discussing Duggargate. These folks have wrote in just, "There is a Piling On" occurring and so on and so forth. 
However, as questions rightfully are raised about who knew what when in the Duggar household, more than a moment of reflection needs to focus on the ACTUAL VICTIMS. Four of Josh's Sisters are those victims. 
Jim Bob, Michelle and yes Josh are not in anyway more important than the YOUNG FEMALE VICTIMS who were taught by their "parents" all Men are the head of the household and to OBEY them. 
Yes, OBEY which means if Jim Bob refused (which it is likely he did) to allow these VICTIMS who were his Daughters to have Counseling, Michelle Obeyed -- covered up this SICK PERVERTED behavior for not only her "Husband" but for Josh, the TLC Royalties, a new house (Built by TLC), fame and publicly. All of this at the expense of ignoring the VICTIMS -- Jim Bob and Michelle's Daughters - who were taught to OBEY, SHUT UP and SMILE.
These folks have no defense, period and should be charged with multiple crimes. Furthermore, I believe more than inappropriate touching likely occurred in the Duggar household and time will reveal the rest of this SICK story. 
Meanwhile, the report from Gawker is damning -- to say the least:
"According to the police report released by InTouch, Josh’s father Jim Bob (referred to in the report as “James”) first learned of Josh’s behavior in March 2002, when one victim approached Jim Bob and said that Josh touched her breasts and genitals while she slept.
Jim Bob appears not to have acted on the accusation. In July 2002, Josh, then 14 years old, admitted to the behavior to his father, prompting Jim Bob to “discipline” Josh but not report the incident to the authorities.
In March 2003, according to the report, Josh fondled a victim while he read a book to her. Jim Bob was made aware of this and several more accusations—victims accused Josh of touching their breasts and genitals while they slept, and sometimes while they were awake.
The police report suggests that four of Josh’s sisters were victims. In 2002, there were five sisters living in the Duggar house: Jana, then 12; Jill, 11; Jessa, 10; Jinger, 9; and Joy-Anna, 5.
In March 2003, Jim Bob met with “church elders” to discuss Josh’s behavior, and they decided Josh needed to enter a treatment program. He was sent to a “Christian” program consisting of “hard physical work and counseling” from March 2003 to July 2003. Josh’s mother Michelle later admitted to police that Josh did not see a counselor, and was instead sent “to a family friend who was in the home remodeling business” in Little Rock, Arkansas.
When Josh returned home in July 2003, his father and church elders took him to a state trooper to confess what he’d done. The trooper, Cpl. Hutchins, gave Josh a “very stern talk” but did not charge him with any crimes.
InTouch reports that Hutchins was later arrested on child pornography charges and is currently serving 56 years in prison.
Most of the rest of the world was first introduced to the Duggar family on September 6, 2005 with the one-hour Discovery Health special, 14 Children and Pregnant Again! The show followed the family as they prepared for their 15th child, Jackson, and paved the way for many similar specials, and, ultimately, 19 Kids and Counting on TLC.
According to the police report and InTouch, a Duggar family appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2006 was cancelled after a “61-year-old woman” emailed Harpo Studios to warn producers about Josh’s sexual misconduct. Harpo Studios forwarded the information to the Department of Human Services hotline, which trigged an investigation by the Springdale Police Department.
It’s not clear who tipped Oprah off and how she knew about Josh’s misconduct, but Jim Bob and Michelle told police that when Josh was accused of molesting his sisters, a family friend wrote down the accusations in a letter that was then placed in a book in the Duggars’ home. Sometime during 2006, the Duggars loaned the book to another person and the letter was discovered.
Throughout the Springdale Police Department’s investigation, three more Duggar specials aired on Discovery Health in 2006: Raising 16 Children on March 13, 16 Children and Moving In on March 15, and On the Road with 16 Children on June 11.
In December 2006, Springdale police interviewed the Duggars about Josh’s behavior. Jim Bob would not produce Josh for questioning—per InTouch, “when police asked Jim Bob to bring Josh in for an interview in 2006, he attempted to hire a lawyer and refused to produce his son for questioning. At least two lawyers refused to take his case.”
Police ultimately did not file charges against Josh because the three-year statute of limitations had run out.
2007: Duggar message boards reveal Josh’s sexual abuse
Though Jim Bob and Michelle decidedly hid Josh’s misconduct from the press and protected him from arrest, the secret had gotten out. They told police in 2006 that “several members of their church were aware of the situation and had been supportive of the family.”
In May 2007, the allegations surfaced online in a comment on a blog about the Duggars. Commenter “Alice”—who has since been referred to on various Duggar message boards as the originator of the rumor—wrote (emphasis added):Let me tell you something about the precious Duggars that you don’t know. ... In January, the whole family went to Chicago and taped Oprah Winfrey show. Oprah wined and dined them for one week. You know that had to cost some pretty pennies. As you may have noticed, that show never aired and it never will. Oprah was informed that Josh, the oldest son, had been molesting his sisters. Yes, this is the truth. Oprah turned them over to the Arkansas State Police Child Protection Agency and the Washington County Child Protection Agency.
They have been investigated to some length. Jim Bob Duggar told the producers of the show that he built a small church out back for his followers. HIS FOLLOWERS. GET REAL. THE MAN IS A FRAUD. In April, they were in court with their story. They have to report to Arkansas Department of Human Services every six months..
They have lied and lied about their son to protect him at their daughters expense.
For some unknown reason the boy is still in the home with the girls. God only know if this is still going on. In my eyes he is a CHILD MOLESTOR. HE SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE HOME. What kind of parents cover up for one child and hurt the others. I do not believe that this is what God has in mind for them. Frauding the American people and taking their money and living off of it.They did not build their home by themselves. They hired it done. TheDiscovery Health Channel and the TLC channel wrote them a check for over $200,000. for the to build the house. Everything inside the house was given to them except the kitchen. They did buy that themselves. The rest is all free. ...
Alice added, “God’s honest truth that the molestation happened. It happened to four of his 5 sisters. The oldest daughter was not touched. The second daughter is the one who caught him doing this. There was no rape involved, but molested. I could go into detail, but I won’t. Of course, you can find nothing about the charges. The Duggar’s want to keep this hid. Wouldn’t you?”
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There is NO DEFENDING this FAMILY and this is a story which should indeed be talked about!
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Josh and Anna's first born Daughter, is Five Years old.... I just can't think, no change that we must think about how covering up for Josh's Molestation of his Sister's - has seeded a pattern of "covering-up" in the Duggar family and maybe in Josh and Anna's Washington, D.C. based home.
And when she's on the right side of any issue it'll be the first time.
At least she's predictable. 
Something that happened over a decade ago?
From the failure of society to tell everybody that they were molested? (Hey, I know if I were molested I'd be telling everybody as many embarrassing, humiliating details as possible. And really appreciate it if others went around getting outraged or horny as they related the details I left out.)
I wonder if they'd want their brother prosecuted at this point. Some people value repentance and forgiveness as a Xian virtue. (Surely nobody that's really a Xian. I mean, Jesus went around helping the poor. But forgiveness played no part in anything he said or did, and at no point did he think anybody could or should change. That's so ... uh ... Squirrel!)
What this guy did was wrong. Sentencing a 14-year-old to jail as a felon is probably a bit harsh. (But here we're in the twilight zone: for some things, a 12 or 13-year-old is capable of making adult decisions, but 17-year-olds need to be protected from zero-tolerance regs.)
The problem is nobody liked the Duggars or their defenders/backers/supporters/fellow-travellers to begin with. The girls are tools to be exploited for political points. The guy--now in his mid-late 20s--is also a tool to be exploited for political points.
Otherwise the focus would be on the victims. And the first thing that the magazine that broke the story would have done, if not after readership, money, and prestige, is ask the girls if they wanted their privacy violated. (And then probably said, "Ah, false consciousness, we know what they want better than those poor, weak, pathetic, duped creatures ever could."
I put all of this under the category of politically expedient gossip or using others without their permission to further personal goals. Neither strikes me as particularly virtuous.
My wife read your post. She cried, she suffered a sexual assult as a teenager and she loved your words.
She said everyone does forget that fact. The girls are the real victims who are no doubt suffering.
Her friend who is a big Duggar fan figured out it was Joy-Anna before her name was mentioned.
Her --now ex-friend --- is actually defending Josh Duggar and the family.
My wife went off and basically said:
First fans are complaining that Jana isn't married yet--Would you want to marry especially someone with your family's derange religious views. She is probably very untrusting of men right now.
second of all her ex friend was up in arms because Jessa married a man younger than she is. My wife-- Oh yes, a man should be older than the woman so he can control her and she know her place---Knowing your older brother did what he did to you and knowing the type of respect that family demands all women to show men in that family are you really going to want to be put in your place any longer?
Third--her friend complained how Joy-Anna never seemed to get much time on the show. my wife-- she probably embarrassed and angry and even scared. Not very many people are good enough actors to pretend everything is so great in a house of horrors.
I apologized yesterday because I didn't have all the fact that were still developing and I think I owe another apology to the real victims. For not being sensitive enough to stop getting wrapped up in all the headlines and not thinking of the young girls sooner.
My wife doesn't speak much about her experience ( she had been kidnapped and assaulted by a stranger.) BUT she gave me she understand of what those girls probably still feel the guilt and the mis-trust and the fear they may still experience in one form or another.
And your Wife is right on point on all aspects.
