Disgraced homeschool leader explains how Josh Duggar was “cleansed” after sexually abusing his siste

Disgraced homeschool leader explains how Josh Duggar was “cleansed” after sexually abusing his sisters

Religious fundamentalist Bill Gothard provides delusional details about "lust counseling" for "whoremongers"

JENNY KUTNER

Bill Gothard, the now-disgraced evangelical fundamentalist, hasn’t been particularly vocal since his followers, the Duggar family, became enmeshed in a sexual abuse scandal involving their oldest son, Josh, and several of their daughters. But now, the former head of the Institute in Basic Life Principles — a role from which he resigned because of his own alleged sexual misconduct — is speaking out about his role in handling Duggar’s abusive behavior, which involved recommending plenty of “lust counseling” and…carpentry.

In an interview with the Daily Mail (so, take that for what you will), Gothard details the “cleansing” the eldest Duggar experienced at an IBLP training center in Little Rock, where the then-15-year-old joined several other young men in a construction project run by Harold Walker, a Christian training leader. According to Gothard, it was in Walker’s care that Duggar “became a Christian” and “found salvation”; he also received special one-on-one “faith counseling” in order to be “cleansed” of his sexually impure thoughts and actions.

It’s that last part — the sexual thoughts and actions — that Gothard describes in a most interesting (read: deeply troubling) way in his interview. Via the Daily Mail:

“The fact is he did touch his younger sisters, he was a teenager at the time, he touched them in the wrong places which was totally wrong but the sisters weren’t even aware of it.” ...

Gothard confirmed that Josh had carried out the abuse by sneaking in to his sibling’s bedrooms late at night while they were sleeping and fondling them over their night clothes. Duggar’s sisters, it is claimed, were completely unaware of their brother’s vile actions.

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