Homeschool Program Used by Duggars Sued for Child Sex Abuse

The Institute in Basic Life Principles — an Illinois-based Christian “training” institution connected to the famously antigay 19 Kids and Counting family, the Duggars — is the target of a lawsuit by five women who claim the homeschooling organization and its board of directors covered up the sexual abuse and harassment of interns, employees, and children in its care, reports The Washington Post. 

Gretchen Wilkinson, Charis Barker, Rachel Frost, Rachel Lees and a woman identified only as Jane Doe are seeking $50,000 in damages, reported the Post, alleging negligence as well as accusing the board of conspiring to keep the alleged abuse secret.

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