"Twelve years ago, as a young teenager, I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret. I hurt others, including my family and close friends," Josh, 27, said in a statement posted Thursday on the family's Facebook page. "I confessed this to my parents who took several steps to help me address the situation. We spoke with the authorities where I confessed my wrongdoing, and my parents arranged for me and those affected by my actions to receive counseling."
Here is a time of the alleged events, as first reported by In Touch magazine, all stemming from a 2006 police report:
March 2002
Jim Bob tells Springdale, Ark. police in 2006 that a female minor told him in 2002 that then-14-year-old Josh had touched her breasts and genitals on multiple occasions while she slept.
July 2002
Josh admits to Jim Bob that he fondled a minor's breasts while she slept and is allegedly disciplined by his parents. The Duggars do not alert authorities.
March 2003
Josh is again accused by several female minors of touching their breasts and genitals, often when they slept, and sometimes when they were awake. Jim Bob Duggar meets with church elders and tells them "what was going on." No one, according to In Touch magazine, contacts the police or other law enforcement at that time.
March 17, 2003 - July 17, 2003
Josh is allegedly sent to a Christian program "[that] consisted of hard physical work and counseling." According to In Touch magazine, Michelle Duggar later admits to Springdale police that Josh did not receive counseling and instead had been sent to stay with a family friend. The Duggars tell police that Josh "apologized" to the female minors and that they had "forgiven" him.
Late 2003
When he returns home, Jim Bob and church elders take Josh to meet with then-Arkansas State Trooper Jim Hutchens, who knew the Duggars personally. Hutchens gives Josh a "very stern talk," according to In Touch magazine, but takes no official action. In 2007, Hutchens is convicted on child pornography charges and is currently serving a 56-year prison sentence.
2004
The Duggar family first appears on TV, as 14 Children and Pregnant Again! premieres on Discovery Health Channel.
2006
A letter is found detailing Josh Duggar’s alleged molestation. In Touch magazine reports that "a family friend aware of what had happened had written down in a letter what he knew of [redacted, Josh’s] actions…That letter had been placed in a book and had subsequently been forgotten about. Just recently [in 2006] the book had been loaned to someone else with the letter in it and another person discovered the letter."
The Duggars decline to tell Springdale police who wrote the letter and who found it, according to In Touch magazine.
December 2006
Authorities interview some of the alleged minor victims, who tell police "that Josh had touched their breasts and sex organs," according to In Touch magazine.
Dec. 7, 2006
The Oprah Winfrey Show cancels the Duggar family’s appearance on her show after receiving a tip about Josh Duggar’s molestation allegations via email from an unidentified 61-year-old female.
Harpo Studios, which produces the show, faxes the letter to the Department of Human Services hotline. The report is then opened for investigation, leading to the investigation by police in Springdale, Ark.
December 2006
Jim Bob refuses to bring Josh in for questioning by police and attempts to hire a lawyer. At least two lawyers "refused to take the case," according to In Touch magazine. "Det. Hignite received a voicemail from Mr. Duggar stating that [redacted] had hired an attorney and would not be coming in for an interview," In Touch magazine quotes from the police report.
Dec. 12, 2006
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are interviewed by the Springdale Police Department, but according to In Touch magazine, no charges are filed because the statute of limitations, then three years, had expired.
2007
Josh opens a pre-owned wholesale car dealership in Springdale, Ark.
Sept. 26, 2008
Josh marries Anna Keller. Anna admits in her May 21, 2015 statement about the allegations that Josh came clean about "his past teenage mistakes" with her and her parents when the couple first began courting.
Sept. 29, 2008
17 Kids and Counting premieres on TLC.
Oct. 8, 2009
Anna gives birth to the couple’s first child, Mackynzie Renee Duggar.
June 15, 2011
Josh and Anna’s second child and first son, Michael James Duggar, is born.
June 2013
Josh is hired as the executive director of FRC Action, the political action arm of the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian lobbying group. He moves with his wife and children to Washington, D.C.
June 2, 2013
Josh and Anna’s third child, Marcus Anthony Duggar, is born.
Dec. 2, 2014
Josh and Anna announce that they are expecting a fourth child, a baby girl due in July 2015.
May 21, 2015
In Touch magazine publishes redacted police reports detailing Josh Duggar’s s**ual molestation allegations. Josh Duggar, wife Anna, and parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar all issue statements about the reports. Josh's statement says, in part, that he "acted inexcusably." He resigns from his position as executive director of FRC Action.
May 22, 2015
TLC pulls 19 Kids and Counting from its programming schedule.
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