Joseph Duggar, ex-‘19 Kids and Counting’ Star, Accused of Molesting a Minor

I automatically read Josh Duggar and went, eh old news. Wow. What the f*** in that family!

I worked at the C****** Barrel in Springdale Arkansas a little over a decade ago. The Duggar clan would come there all together occasionally. The weirdest thing they would do is they would sing. All together, like it was a special treat for the restaurant and the other patrons. So weird.

It’s child molesters all the way down. 

Disgusting. That entire family needs to be investigated tbh, starting with the parents. Sick people.

But according to the article: >The victim said the incidents stopped after Duggar eventually apologized, according to the sheriff's office. Great. We're all relieved he apologized /s What the f*** is wrong with people?

I mean how much of a parent can you be to 19 kids?!

100% chance these kids were sexually abused — probably by the dad. So sad

It’s so weird that he just admits to it. I’m sure he’s encouraged and taught how to by the other men in his family/church, so he definitely won’t face any shame or ostracism at home. I wonder what Florida will do to him

Well-adjusted, fundamentalist family.

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One day we will assuredly learn that the piece of shit father was diddling children, too.

So much. But mostly religious extremism.

Their "education" was this looping series of books you kept doing no matter your age and it would have questions like, "what is wrong with this girl?" And the answer was she was in shorts with her hair the wrong way and you were told yes. Women were always to blame for men's sexual urges and even kissing outside of marriage is wrong. Masturbating is sinful. They lived in rooms where thet didn't have private bedrooms. Any act was forgivable via repenting. So, the kids shared beds, they had no outside contact, they weren't allowed any outlet, they had no idea how to handle sexual impulses beyond total repression and quashing, women are responsible for men's desires, and any sins are forgiven if you apologetize. Besides, it was the woman's fault for tempting you. Your only sin was falling to temptation. But, wasn't she *equally* at fault for tempting you? She should repent, too. And you wonder why they have deeply flawed children.

How much time you got?

Male dominated religion.

Religion and wealth

Having all his daughters get perms because he prefers women with curly hair. Totally normal stuff like that.

There is speculation about grandpa duggar. In her book, Amy Duggar (cousin to the 19) called him a "predator" and that being the reason she was not allowed alone with him.

Their “prophet” (who resigned in disgrace for SA) preached that was the ideal way for women to look. And obviously Jim Bob followed that very closely.

According to cousin Amy grandpa Duggar was a monster and she wasn’t allowed to be alone with him

And grandpa duggar for that matter

Religion? Yep. Checks out. It wasn’t a drag queen.

Apparently a cousin of the Duggar’s wrote a book, and one chapter discusses how no female children were allowed to be alone with grandpa duggar (jimboob’s dad) because he had a “problem”. But, in true fundie fashion, it’s all swept under the rug and the poor girls are blamed

It does really start to look like there's some common root.

🏅The snort I snart. Im snartled.

They’ll blame his wife. He was married at the time.

20% of them *caught* molesting children. So far.

These math problems are getting seriously messed up man.

well... don't look into how predators target queer children that are forced out of their homes then... because shit gets f****** dark... fast.... [https://www.queerty.com/epstein-transgender-bombshell-powerful-men-closed-ranks-while-a-trans-teen-was-left-to-fend-for-herself-20260205/](https://www.queerty.com/epstein-transgender-bombshell-powerful-men-closed-ranks-while-a-trans-teen-was-left-to-fend-for-herself-20260205/)

Hmm, I like to say my gasts are flabbered.

I've read somewhere between 1in 3 to 1 in 5 girls will have been sexually abused or sexually assaulted by the time they're 18. Horribly depressing statistics. 

You don't have to do math when now it is on record as two, one already convicted and one seems to have confessed.

"19 Counts, No Kidding" could be the follow up reporting.

That was Josh, the oldest child who is in jail. This is Joseph, the third brother and the 7th child.

They all have J names. Must be hella confusing.

The cop was apart of the same cult. The whole cult is fucked.

That’s for sexual battery and sexual trafficking of children under the age of 12, requiring an 8-4 vote. His charge is for lewd & lascivious behavior (touching, fondling, or non-penetrative sexual contact)

Amen to that. I was one of 9 and my mom worked outside the home. My older siblings were parentified and we all basically suffered from neglect because mom was too busy making sure we were fed and clothed. No one should have 9 kids, much less 19.

Second public one. So far.

100%. I called that during the show's early days. Along with there being sexual abuse happening.

Oh, for sure.

And super close to the Huckabees.

That sent me down a rabbit hole. Rates of *true* pedophilia (primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent or early-pubescent children) are estimated to be under 5% in the general population. However, not all sexual predators are pedophiles. The FBI looks at two main profiles of child sexual abusers - loosely, the pedophile and the sadist. The sadist isn't attracted to children per se, but to power and/or violence, and children are easy targets. The sadist also typically sexually abuses adults as well. Among people convicted of child sex abuse, these groups are split about half and half. So then my next question was - how many "sadist" types are out there? Studies of true sexual sadism probably aren't helpful here, because the "sadist" profile of child sex abusers isn't necessarily the same thing as a sexual sadist. (But if you're curious, rates of that are 5-40% depending on how the study defines sexual sadism.) It's probably more helpful to look at related behaviors, because the "sadist" type is very likely to commit other kinds of sexual/intimate violence. So let's look at r***. When male college students were asked if they would commit r*** if they knew they would get away with it, 1 in 3 said "yes." Actually, 1 in 3 said they would "force a woman to have sex." Only 1 in 7 said yes when the word "r***" was used. Now, I doubt all of those men would prey on children given the opportunity. The question asked about women, not children. But it does paint a picture that for 14-33% of men, the only thing stopping them from committing sexual assault is the fear of consequences. But... that probably isn't stopping very many of them. One meta-analysis found that 25% of men admitted to sexually coercive behavior, 13% admitted to sexual assault, and 10% admitted to attempted r*** (though only about 5% admitted to completed r***). There's a lot of overlap between child sexual abuse and intimate partner violence, especially for the "sadist" profile. Those men typically have adult relationships, and those relationships are typically abusive in some form. So we can also look at those statistics. [According to one Australian study](https://aifs.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-05/Insights-Report-IPV-Chapter-1.pdf), over a third of men admitted to committing some form of IPV against a partner in their adult life, with emotional abuse being most common (32%), physical abuse next (9%), and sexual abuse being least common (2%). The numbers don't add up because a lot of men committed more than one form of abuse over the course of the study. There's also overlap between [sexual violence/aggression and hiring prostitutes](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281443339_Comparing_Sex_Buyers_With_Men_Who_Do_Not_Buy_Sex_New_Data_on_Prostitution_and_Trafficking), at least for US samples, so we can look at that. American men who hire prostitutes are significantly more likely to self-report willingness to commit r*** or a history of committing sexually violent acts. In the US, roughly 15% of men have hired a prostitute in their adult lives. So while I can't find any specific numbers on how many men are sexual predators of children, looking at related indicators of sexually violent behavior.... 20% sounds about right. At the very least, these statistics suggest that roughly a third of men are potentially dangerous to women and/or children. And if you put men like that in a culture where sexual violence is normalized - so they aren't likely to experience consequences for it - it stands to reason that you'd get more of this kind of behavior. In fact, it seems likely that 20% is on the low side for a community like this. There are probably more predators among the Duggar sons. And that's not just me talking, either. When all the Josh stuff was going on, Jim Bob Duggar (the patriarch of the family) said that incest and molestation are common in their community. (In a "it's no big deal, just boys being boys" way.) He may have just been attempting to minimize what Josh did, but based on what we now know about the IBLP cult, he was probably telling the truth.

That was Josh. He’s already in prison or perhaps out already. This is another Duggar kid.