(October 12, 2016 at 4:33 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: Not that I think the cops would necessarily be the right approach in a situation where a mere child is the perpetrator of a sexual crime. Again, not very well informed, but to my mind it seems like this calls far more for a psychiatric evaluation and treatment approach than anything else. I mean, this kind of behaviour in a child is not exactly normal, right?
Oh, they sent him to treatment alright.
Quote:The Duggars are actively involved with the conservative Christian homeschooling program, and People reports that ATI’s parent organization, the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), runs the facility where Jim Bob and Michelle sent their son for counseling after they learned of the abuse in 2003.
One document, “Counseling Sexual Abuse,” strongly suggests that victims are to blame for their own abuse. The guide instructs victims to ask themselves “Why did God let it happen?” and offers potential reasons like “immodest dress,” “indecent exposure” and “being with evil friends.”
Quote:Cornish added that “for the thousands of families in the ATI program, Gothard would be the first place they would turn” in a case of sexual abuse.
Gothard resigned from the institute last year in the wake of accusations from 34 women that he sexually harassed or assaulted them, though he maintains he is innocent.
Quote:Recovering Grace also posted a second document, called “Lessons From Moral Failures In A Family,” which tells the story of family dealing with the consequences of their son sexually abusing some of this younger siblings. It includes a statement from the boy in which he blames his behavior on laziness, a lack of moral purity and, most disturbingly, the “immodest” behavior of his young sisters:
My younger sisters used to wear dresses often, but as they were young and not aware of modesty, they did not behave in them as they should … Little people do not realize their nakedness right away.
The boy also cites having to change his sisters’ diapers as contributing to his actions.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/26...45238.html
But I guess this is all just a mistake that any of us could make, huh?
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