Report: Duggars Refused To Cooperate With Child Welfare Check Last Month

FILE -- In this Aug. 2, 2007 file photo, Michelle Duggar, left, is surrounded by her children and husband Jim Bob, second from left, after the birth of her 17th child in Rogers, Ark. (AP Photo/ Beth Hall, File)
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The Duggar family of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” refused to cooperate last month when a representative from Arkansas’ Department of Human Services came to check on a child on their property, tabloid magazine In Touch Weekly reported Wednesday.

The Duggar family has dominated tabloid headlines since In Touch Weekly last month published a 2006 police report showing the eldest son, Josh Duggar, was investigated for allegedly molesting five underage girls when he was a teenager. His parents later confirmed in an interview with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly that four of the alleged victims were Josh Duggar’s sisters while the fifth was a babysitter.

A representative from the state DHS in Washington County called police at about 11 a.m. local time on May 27 to request assistance when the representative was unable to see a minor at the Duggar’s address, according to a 911 call obtained by In Touch Weekly. The tabloid report did not identify the DHS representative.

“We have an investigation and I guess they’re not being cooperative,” the representative said on the call, as quoted by In Touch Weekly. “We have to see the child to make sure the child is all right. So we just need police assistance.”

The DHS representative made the call less than a week after the tabloid published the 2006 police report. It’s unclear what prompted the state DHS investigation because, as In Touch Weekly pointed out, the agency’s records are not available to the public.

Josh Duggar resigned his position as executive director at the anti-gay Family Research Council’s lobbying shop in the fallout from the police report and TLC pulled all reruns of “19 Kids and Counting” from the air. The network has yet to make a statement on the future of the program.

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  1. Well, of course they refused. When they have political allies like Mike Huckabee supporting their perversions, what else would you expect?

  2. When you are in a cult, you dont want outsiders trying to stir the pot…children be damned

  3. This is not surprising. God once called Daddy Jim Bob for some advice and JB told him to f**k off, he was busy putting brakes on the ATV.

  4. This is not surprising in the least. They don’t want to actually have to account to anyone but themselves. I’ve noticed that most Conservatives are not actually about freedom, justice, or liberty, but rather about license to do whatever they want to do and not take the consequences.

    As the late Terry Pratchett once said “no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the
    freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which
    all the others are based.”

    And the Duggars don’t believe in freedom. All they believe in is hurting others and getting away with crimes.

  5. TPM Headline on Front Page

    Report: Duggars Refused Child Welfare Check Last Month

    Inside story headline,
    Report: Duggars Refused To Cooperate With Child Welfare Check Last Month

    Notice the difference which makes a big difference in the story. This is absolutely unconscionable on the part of TPM. It is downright insulting

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