Ugh! The Duggar parents.

[SoCalDem]

10. What if the molestor had been a friend of Josh's

They would have called the cops ASAP and insisted that he go to jail..

Incest is usually a dirty family secret that gets shoved under the heaviest rug in the house...and the victims are silenced lest they "upset the apple cart".

The cover up (once the incest is found out) almost always falls hardest on the ones who were victimized..

" If you tell, Daddy/brother/uncle/grandpa, etc will go to jail, and we will have no money"..

"No one will believe you "

"Maybe you remember it wrong"

" you will end up ruining their lives"

Millions of young kids suffer in silence until they get older and:

1. carry on the abuse to others
2. act out and get into trouble with the law
3. get out on their own and start their own families way too young
4. run away