(October 13, 2016 at 9:23 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(October 12, 2016 at 4:35 pm)mlmooney89 Wrote: This is all media pushing us so we may not know the real timeline. That being said when I was following it they said that the dad found out about it in 2002 for the first time. Now whether that was right after he did it or if it was the first or second time he did it I didn't read. But that the family found out in 2002 which makes the girls 10 and 11 and him 14. So either way ya shake it he was high school age and his sisters would have been lucky to even have gone through puberty at that time. I honestly think THAT was when they tried to stop it themselves.
Does it really matter whether he was 12 or 14 the first time he did it? We're not talking about a minor vs adult here. We're talking later pre teen years vs early teenage years with a 2 year difference.
As I said. Point is Mr and Mrs D made a bad judgement call by not calling the cops on their young son the first time it happened, and thinking they could fix and prevent the problem themselves. When it happened the second time, they called the cops. I'm sure they wish they had done it the first time around now that they know it didn't stop him before.
Come on, guys. Be reasonable. This does not make anyone a vile horrible person. And quite honestly I'm starting to think some people are looking for any reason to make them out to be that way because they don't like them for their conservative views and religious beliefs.
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No, the abuse in and of itself does not make any of them vile. It could and does happen to a lot of families. I think "vile" gets applied because of the show and them choosing the show to be a platform to preach. If you choose to preach you should probably not hide skeletons, especially ones holding bombshells.
Do you think much of this could have been avoided if they had broached the issue in the show prior to the dirty laundry being found?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
