Duggars Asked to Stop Supporting Ministry where Founder is Accused of Sexual Harassment
After allegations poured in from more than 35 young women claiming sexual harassment from the Institutes for Basic Life Principles founder Bill Gothard, he resigned — but the Duggar family continues to support the ministry and is even planning on attending the annual conference in Texas in April.
One of the young ladies who stepped forward with allegations against Gothard is Megan Lind, who met him in 1991 when she was just 11-years-old, and she’s now given RadarOnline.com an exclusive interview and an open letter to the Duggar family in which she pleads with them to reconsider their involvement in the group.
Lind tells Radar that she had frequent meetings with Gothard throughout her teenage years and finally left the founder’s Advanced Training Institute in 2001.
Described by Lind as “predatory in nature,” Gothard, 79, was forced into resignation last month after the whistle blowing website Recovering Grace claimed to have more than 35 young women and teenagers alleging he sexually harassed them.
Lind, now 34-years-old, wrote the following open letter to Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar in hopes that they will leave Gothard’s teachings for the sake of their 19 children.
http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/04/open-letter-duggar-family-stop-supporting-ministry-bill-gothard-alleged-sexual-harassment/
in the comments section it says 4 of the oldest girls (adults all in their 20s) were asked about this during some interview they were doing and Jim Bob jumps in to prevent them from answering.
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