I've never seen the show (and never will), I know a little about the family only from appearances on the Today show, and I didn't read about this case until today. I read one freaking article, and now I can't stop thinking about it. It is just so disturbing - even more than I thought possible. The parts of the interview that made it into the Post article I read this morning are stomach turning. The Dad said it was a "child preying on a child" like that is some kind of excuse. Disgusting. This isn't about a couple of 13 year olds. If I caught the facts right, he was 14 and the victim was 4. |
Actually Derrick worked both with infrastructure and helping local businesses. Jill has said she wanted to help as a midwife. |
*One of the victims |
The one Dillard girl had midwife training not sure where and they have a son at firefighting school in another state. I thought they mentioned the oldest daughter roing eome sort of school program. One of the sisters mentioned the oldest girl was on a path to leave home and train for a career or something like that. |
Michelle says that her daughters are much more victimized by the media attention than by their brother. |
Jessa, whom I feel for, I really do, is now saying she's one of his victims and we should not be calling him a molester.
Well how can you be a victim if he's not a molester, Jessa? |
I'm embarrassed that I know this: the son at "firefighting school" is actually at "Alert Training Camp" which is an indoctrination camp run by their cult. It is structured like a military boot camp to build "God's Army" full of Godly men with skills in case of apocalypse. Josh was sent here right after the police investigation. http://www.alertacademy.com/iaa/ Jill does not have any midwifery credentials. She could work as a doula, though and I'm sure his accounting skills could be useful for an aid organization. Do they speak Nepalese? |
Jill was apprenticed to a licensed lay midwife, until her mentor lost her license for making a mistake about group b strep. Then Jill lost her permit. |
That's interesting. I didn't know lay midwives had any licensing. I actually don't think they are legal here, all the midwives seem to be RNs/Certified Professional Midwives. |
It varies by state. Arkansas requires "direct entry" (meaning no RN/medical background) midwives to be licensed. |
It also doesn't speak to her ability to be a midwife in Nepal. She has training and experience. I don't know whether she would be allowed to practice midwifery in Nepal or not. |
Jessa appears to be the dimmest bulb in the family. Sad as she is the best looking one. She has also been brainwashed. |
Heh. True. And she was the one tasked with running the homeschool since Michelle doesn't do jackshit. Very sad. |
They barely speak English. |
Now that the new police report has come to light and I have seen the interview I believe the media and public opinion has blown this way way out of proportion.
I was firmly on the lets pitchfork Josh and JimBob bandwagon before too. |