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    Jim Bob Duggar

    American reality TV personality and politician

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  2. Jim Bob Duggar has kept a relatively low profile since his eldest son, Josh Duggar’s 2022 trial. He’s appeared here and there in family videos shared with the public. For the most part, though ...

  3. CNN — Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have shared a statement about their son’s conviction on child pornography charges. On Thursday, Josh Duggar, 33, was found guilty of downloading and...

  4. Jun 2, 2023 · CNN —. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are pushing back on a new docuseries being billed as “exposing the truth beneath the wholesome Americana surface of reality tv’s favorite mega-family ...

  5. Jun 2, 2023 · USA TODAY. Scandal-ridden reality TV parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are pushing back against a new documentary alleging their family were "poster children" for a cult that "franchised"...

    • Dramatic Rise and Fall
    • Treated 'Like A God'
    • Harassment Allegations
    • Eldest Son Accused of Molesting Girls
    • Financial Struggles

    The dramatic rise and decline of the influential fundamentalist ministry and its poster family offer a window into the evolving landscape of American faith. The Institute in Basic Life Principles began in 1961 as seminars by Gothard, an evangelical minister from Illinois with a master’s degreein Christian education. Over 30 hours, he taught attende...

    One former member said such teachings are damaging. Elizabeth Hunter, 27, was raised in Greenville, Texas, knowing her future role was to be a wife and mother and that her father would one day help pick her husband. Hunter said her parents had attended Gothard’s seminars and committed to having no television. Like the Duggars, they home-schooled th...

    While the wedding episode was breaking viewing records, the bottom was falling out of the IBLP. In March 2014, Gothardresigned from the IBLP board of directors amid allegations he had sexually harassed and molested womenwho worked for the organization. “My actions of holding of hands, hugs, and touching of feet or hair with young ladies crossed the...

    A year after Gothard resigned, the Duggars had their own fall from grace. In May 2015, a leaked police report from 2006revealed that the eldest Duggar son, Josh, had been accused of molesting five girls as a teenager. In an interview with Fox News a few weeks later, his parents said he had confessed to them, first in 2002 when he was 14 years old, ...

    Even before the allegations against Gothard and Josh Duggar, the ministry had been struggling financially, according to tax documents. In 2001, it collected over $41 million in revenue, with $14.9 million from IBLP services.By 2013, a year before Gothard’s departure, total revenue was just $5.4 million, and it was operating at a loss. In 2018, the ...

    • Caroline Radnofsky
  6. Dec 9, 2021 · Published on December 9, 2021 06:29PM EST. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have broken their silence after their eldest son Josh was found guilty by the jury in his child sexual abuse material...

  7. Jun 2, 2023 · Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar slammed Amazon Prime Video’s new docuseries about their family and religion as “sad” and “sensationalized.”

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