Two women who are accusing an influential Christian preacher with ties
to the Duggar family of sexual assault spoke out for the first time
Thursday about their hellish years of forced labor and abuse in the
cult-like organization.
Joy Simmons and Jennifer Spurlock are two of the many men and women who
have made the horrifying accusations against Bill Gothard, who ran
Institute in Basic Life Principles, saying they were deprived of an
education, forced to work and were groped by the Christian leader.
“To have your education ripped from you and to have your childhood
ripped from you, it’s extremely difficult. It’s just evil,” Spurlock,
who spent three years as a minor at one of Gothard’s training centers,
told the Daily News.
Gothard retired in 2014 as president from the IBLP after running the
organization for 40 years when the sexual assault allegations first came
to light.
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The women’s shocking allegations describe a disturbing culture within
the organization in which Gothard would take troubled young men and
women under his wing at the IBLP and then target them as victims of
sexual abuse, rape and free labor for the bizarre organization.
IBLP board members are also listed as defendants in the lawsuit because
of their role in covering the abuse, the more than 200-page complaint
reads.
Two women detail sex abuse allegations against Bill Gothard - NY Daily News
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