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On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that five women have sued the Institute in Basic Life Principles, “charging that the organization and its board of directors enabled and covered up sexual abuse and harassment of interns, employees, and other participants in its programs.” The women are seeking $50,000 each in damages, claiming “the organization and its board acted negligently, with willful and wanton disregard for them, and engaged in a civil conspiracy to conceal the wrongdoing.”
The Institute, founded by Bill Gothard in the sixties and popular with the Christian homeschooling movement, may be familiar to “19 Kids and Counting” fans. Earlier this year, the news broke that while a teenager, eldest son Josh Duggar had reportedly molested five underage girls — including four of his own sisters. In an interview with Megyn Kelly in June, parents Michelle and Jim Bob explained that they had sent Josh for “Christian-based” counseling when they became aware of his actions. As an investigation by Talking Points Memo’s Sarah Posner last month revealed, “Although none of the Duggars has ever publicly identified it as such, the facility where Josh was sent in Little Rock is owned and operated by the Institute in Basic Life Principles…. By keeping Josh’s confession — and punishment — in a small, closed circle, the Duggars were acting in accordance with the teachings of IBLP’s founder, Bill Gothard, and the Advanced Training Institute, IBLP’s exclusive homeschooling program.”
are they helping or hurting christainity? I'm going to say- hurting
The cult of Duggar worship must be stopped: There’s nothing glamorous about the family’s ongoing hypocrisy - Salon.com
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On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that five women have sued the Institute in Basic Life Principles, “charging that the organization and its board of directors enabled and covered up sexual abuse and harassment of interns, employees, and other participants in its programs.” The women are seeking $50,000 each in damages, claiming “the organization and its board acted negligently, with willful and wanton disregard for them, and engaged in a civil conspiracy to conceal the wrongdoing.”
The Institute, founded by Bill Gothard in the sixties and popular with the Christian homeschooling movement, may be familiar to “19 Kids and Counting” fans. Earlier this year, the news broke that while a teenager, eldest son Josh Duggar had reportedly molested five underage girls — including four of his own sisters. In an interview with Megyn Kelly in June, parents Michelle and Jim Bob explained that they had sent Josh for “Christian-based” counseling when they became aware of his actions. As an investigation by Talking Points Memo’s Sarah Posner last month revealed, “Although none of the Duggars has ever publicly identified it as such, the facility where Josh was sent in Little Rock is owned and operated by the Institute in Basic Life Principles…. By keeping Josh’s confession — and punishment — in a small, closed circle, the Duggars were acting in accordance with the teachings of IBLP’s founder, Bill Gothard, and the Advanced Training Institute, IBLP’s exclusive homeschooling program.”
are they helping or hurting christainity? I'm going to say- hurting
The cult of Duggar worship must be stopped: There’s nothing glamorous about the family’s ongoing hypocrisy - Salon.com
(snip)
On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that five women have sued the Institute in Basic Life Principles, “charging that the organization and its board of directors enabled and covered up sexual abuse and harassment of interns, employees, and other participants in its programs.” The women are seeking $50,000 each in damages, claiming “the organization and its board acted negligently, with willful and wanton disregard for them, and engaged in a civil conspiracy to conceal the wrongdoing.”
The Institute, founded by Bill Gothard in the sixties and popular with the Christian homeschooling movement, may be familiar to “19 Kids and Counting” fans. Earlier this year, the news broke that while a teenager, eldest son Josh Duggar had reportedly molested five underage girls — including four of his own sisters. In an interview with Megyn Kelly in June, parents Michelle and Jim Bob explained that they had sent Josh for “Christian-based” counseling when they became aware of his actions. As an investigation by Talking Points Memo’s Sarah Posner last month revealed, “Although none of the Duggars has ever publicly identified it as such, the facility where Josh was sent in Little Rock is owned and operated by the Institute in Basic Life Principles…. By keeping Josh’s confession — and punishment — in a small, closed circle, the Duggars were acting in accordance with the teachings of IBLP’s founder, Bill Gothard, and the Advanced Training Institute, IBLP’s exclusive homeschooling program.”
