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Joseph and Kendra Duggar arrested on CSA charges and child endangerment charges.

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Beautyschooldropout Sat 21-Mar-26 01:30:08

www.nwahomepage.com/northwest-arkansas-news/joseph-duggar-now-facing-charges-in-washington-county-what-we-know/

Joseph is a younger brother of Joshua Duggar who was imprisoned on downloading and possession of CSAM.

Chocolatelovinggran Sat 21-Mar-26 08:09:19

I wonder whether the emphasis on keeping your sons and daughters " pure" and refusing them freedom to take part in normal teenage behaviours might contribute to the potential for healthy interests in sexual matters being driven " underground".

eazybee Sat 21-Mar-26 08:18:49

CSAM?

granfromafar Sat 21-Mar-26 08:22:43

Child sexual abuse material. I googled it.

TheSunRisesInTheEast Sat 21-Mar-26 12:29:05

I'm so upset to read this. I've watched the Duggars since the beginning, it fascinated me how all the children were so happy, well behaved, helpful around the house and looking out for their siblings, the family holidays, courtships, weddings, babies, it all appeared to be such a wholesome lifestyle.

It all came crashing down with Josh's sick crimes and imprisonment, leaving his doting wife, Anna, to bring up their 6 children alone.

Now Joseph 😱. I'm so disappointed and angry. His beautiful wife, Kendra, comes across as so sweet. What went wrong? 🤷

It puts doubt in my mind about the whole family, how involved were the parents, Jim Bob and Michelle?

Cousin Amy talks of her anger and disappointment with recent events. She was classed as the black sheep of the family and was sidelined when she began questioning things, she talks a lot of sense and tells it as it is. She will not be silenced like most of the Duggar children have been.

Who knows what else will come out of the woodwork? It's all very grubby and has completely ruined my thoughts about them all. Nothing was as it seemed 😢.

welbeck Sat 21-Mar-26 15:32:59

Never heard of them.
But there is a noticeable link between American families who parade their religious belief and them being arrested when it comes out that they chained the children to radiators, denied them food, abused them including sexually and in some cases murdered them.

BlueBelle Sat 21-Mar-26 15:37:25

I ve never heard of them either Welbeck
Is this something on mainstream tv or just American news ?

silverlining48 Sat 21-Mar-26 15:55:56

Me neither. US. ?

keepingquiet Sat 21-Mar-26 15:58:41

I think it must be a US thing as I never heard of them and by the sounds of this never want to...

DamaskRose Sat 21-Mar-26 16:00:15

Nope, never heard of them.

Allira Sat 21-Mar-26 16:26:16

Me neither.

It sounds like the kind of cult where the children are kept away from others because perhaps unspeakable things happen.

Vile people.

Silvergirl Sat 21-Mar-26 16:43:15

How were they well known? We're they on TV or social media or something?

TheSunRisesInTheEast Sat 21-Mar-26 17:03:59

They were on TLC from 2008 until a couple of years ago.

BlueBelle Sat 21-Mar-26 17:14:24

TLC = Tender Loving Care in Uk

granfromafar Sat 21-Mar-26 17:16:18

Apparently, they were on a US reality programme called '19 Kids and Counting', similar to the UK version which features the Radford family, 22 Kids and Counting. I hadn't heard of them either.

TheSunRisesInTheEast Sat 21-Mar-26 17:40:08

BlueBelle

TLC = Tender Loving Care in Uk

I'm in England. TLC started out as The Learning Channel. There are all sorts of programmes on it now.

BlueBelle Sat 21-Mar-26 17:42:46

So is TLC on mainstream tv on freeview if so what number, I must say I ve never noticed it

TheSunRisesInTheEast Sat 21-Mar-26 18:15:32

It's on Sky 133. It's been available via channel 12 on Freeview from 13th January, 2026.

valdavi Sat 21-Mar-26 18:20:51

Chocolatelovinggran

I wonder whether the emphasis on keeping your sons and daughters " pure" and refusing them freedom to take part in normal teenage behaviours might contribute to the potential for healthy interests in sexual matters being driven " underground".

Well, prostitution was rife in Victorian times and Jack the Ripper was Victorian, so there may be something in this.

TheSunRisesInTheEast Sat 21-Mar-26 18:28:02

That was the theory given regarding the Asian grooming gangs up north. They saw young, white British girls as easy prey compared to the same age Asian girls who were brought up to remain pure for marriage. Men and sex 😡.

sixandahalf Sat 21-Mar-26 18:37:50

Families of 19, 20 , 21 what ever. I'm sorry but there is something very wrong here.

Iam64 Sat 21-Mar-26 19:02:11

This reality tv family is news to me. Intra familial child sexual abuse in families is not. Closed door religions of any faith - rarely good news for children,