I appreciate what you are saying, but it’s not accurate to state that the only “crime” is supporting their son. The mother failed to report that 4 of her students were sexually assaulted. (Statute long gone on that). The parents gave the victims a bedroom lock, extra diaper duty, and lessons in modesty in response to them being molested. This is not an attack on anyone’s religion. JMO.
To be fair, I don't think this accurately characterizes what I've read about the steps they took to see that it didn't happen again and see that the girls' were supported. I have not followed this family extensively, but I believe I did read that the parents initially decided to handle this privately, within the home. I think Josh was 12 when the incident happened, but even at 14 or 15, I think this would have been my decision, too. (Obviously, LE were eventually involved, with questionable results.)
I've read that the parents had their own discussion with him; enlisted help from a counselor; created greater separation between the sexes, including the girls having a bedroom lock, and perhaps, yes, discussed modesty with them.
The above post seems to be that the parents blame the girls, rather than Josh, because they teach their children about modesty and draw a relationship between keeping sexuality underwraps and others acting out sexually. I don't see this in any way as a reality.
There should be modesty in a home, IMO. However, teaching modesty certainly doesn't, in any logical way, erase the blame of molestation by Josh, on Josh.
Here's the principle: A person, any person, who tempts another to do something wrong, even if only due to carelessness, is to some degree, wrong to do so. If one person tempts a person they know is an alcoholic with alcohol, that person is guilt of.....tempting the person to abuse alcohol. His guilt stands alone. The person who actually drinks the alcohol, knowing that it will lead to abuse of alcohol, is guilty of.....drinking alcohol knowing that it will lead to abuse.
Back to modesty: Neither sex should be overly "familiar" with the other in a home, especially with children, and that seems to include covering up in my book.
And extra diaper work: Well, for years women have done all the diaper work, and men have done all the outdoor/rough work, dug the ditches, drained the sewers, killed the vermin and predators, and fixed the carburetors. I know most people don't like to divide the work like that anymore, but that's the tendency for the Duggars. What should they have done? They tried the "woke" way, and thought it wasn't appropriate, considering the situation, so the girls picked up some diaper changes.
It's funny, but I haven't seen those young women complain about diaper changing at all, but they sure have complained about the "revictimization" of having their molestation be made public.
Also, I think it apt to note a couple of other items: Josh is the only person in the family, that I know of, who has ever been accused of molestation or anything like it. The father and other sons have never had any questions about their behavior. That tells me that Josh is the problem, and they tried to change/help it, and isolate it. They failed. I don't care for the Duggars for many reasons, but I do think they've received much vitriol because people don't like them and their way of life.
Also, I find the vitriol toward them amusing at times, because as I sit here at my desk I am surrounded by more pedophiles and rapists than I can count. Pretty much anywhere you go in this country, you can check the sex offender list and find hundreds of them within two square miles. They're everywhere. I'm quite sure that none of the ones who live near me have ever stepped inside a church or would consider or even imagine living the lifestyle of the Duggars.
