The family’s reality show was canceled due to the scandal as well.ĭuggar, now in his 30s, was arrested on the child pornography charges in April 2021. His parents, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, said he had confessed to them and apologized. Duggar was not charged because the statute of limitations had expired, but he admitted to having “acted inexcusably” as a teen. Josh Duggar resigned from FRC Action in 2015 after InTouch Weekly revealed that he was accused of molesting five minor girls, including some of his sisters, when he was as a teenager.
The Duggar family has campaigned against LGBTQ+ equality in other ways, such as opposing an inclusive civil rights ordinance in Fayetteville. The FRC is also deeply opposed to abortion rights. He once worked for Family Research Council Action, the lobbying arm of the FRC, which is listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center because it circulates untrue and harmful information about LGBTQ+ people.
The family practices an extremely conservative form of Christianity, and several members, including Josh Duggar, have been active in anti-LGBTQ+ causes. He maintains that he is innocent and intends to appeal.ĭuggar’s family was featured on the TLC reality show 19 Kids and Counting. Prosecutors sought the maximum sentence of 20 years, saying in a court filing that Duggar has a “deep-seated, pervasive and violent sexual interest in children.” Duggar’s lawyers had asked for a five-year sentence. District Court in Fayetteville, Ark., the Associated Press reports. Judge Timothy Brooks imposed the sentence Wednesday in U.S. Josh Duggar, the oldest sibling in a famously huge and notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ family, has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison on child pornography charges.ĭuggar had been convicted by a jury in December of receiving and possessing child porn.