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An organization the Duggar family belonged to is under fire after the ministry’s founder was placed on administrative leave after allegations of sexual harassment against women who worked with him went unreported, RadarOnline.com is reporting.
Bill outdoor storage containers Gothard founded the Institutes for Basic Life Principles a ministry which Jim Bob Duggar , wife Michelle , and their children had gathered on several occasions but after a letter written by a young lady named Lizzie was published in 2012 online detailing what she described as “unwanted and unwarranted emotional and physical attention from a man in a position of authority to young women who could not refuse it,” loads of women would soon come forward with similar allegations. outdoor storage containers
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Once Lizzie came forward, the website Recovering Grace claimed to have identified at least 34 other women by name who allegedly experienced the same sexual harassment and the IBLP Board of Directors had, on more than one occasion, addressed the behavior outdoor storage containers with Gothard.
“We outdoor storage containers have had men and women who served in the [Institute in Basic Life Principles] leadership confirm that the allegations are true, although outdoor storage containers they felt (and often were) powerless to do anything at the time. In fact, we have learned that the IBLP Board of Directors has on more than one occasion addressed this behavior with Bill Gothard, but to no lasting avail.”
“Whereas Bill Gothard has exhibited a 40-year outdoor storage containers pattern of moral failure, abuse of spiritual authority, and mishandling of Scripture, and is therefore disqualified from Christian ministry, according to Titus 1 and I Timothy 3, we believe that the only biblical course of action is for Bill Gothard to step down from all ministry outdoor storage containers and leadership outdoor storage containers positions, publicly repent of the above sins, and exhibit fruit in keeping with repentance (Matt. 3:8).”
Following the push from Recovering Grace , board chairman Billy Boring told World magazine: “After completion of the review, the board will respond at an appropriate time, and in a biblical manner.” In the meantime, Boring continued by saying Gothard “will not be involved in the operations of the ministry. The board of directors will be prayerfully appointing interim leadership.”
During an episode of 19 Kids and Counting that aired in April 2013, after showing signs of “rebellion,” Jim Bob and Michelle sent their seventh child Joseph Duggar to Gothard s military boot camp for young men, the ALERT Academy, for nine weeks of emergency training.
He outdoor storage containers was photographed at a campaign lunch with Huckabee, outdoor storage containers Palin attended his International Association of Character Cities conferences in Alaska when she was the mayor and even named Wasilla as one of Gothard’s “Cities of Character,” and Perdue spoke at one of Gothard’s conferences.
As Radar reported last year , a conservative Christian organization that Michelle and Jim Bob have been involved with for years was also at the center of a shocking scandal outdoor storage containers when Doug Phillips , the head of Vision Forum Ministries , confessed to having an extramarital affair and the group announced that because of his serious sins they closed their doors.
Gothard has made no public statements and according to Recovering Grace , during their correspondence with him “at no time did he admit to or indicate that he took responsibility for any of the inappropriate behavior, only that he desired that the ‘painful memories’ of those involved in the IBLP ministry could be ‘resolved.’”
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