With “19 Kids and Counting,” the reality TV star family the Duggars were a spectacle for anyone to watch. But for many evangelicals, the show sometimes felt like looking at yourself in one of those distorted circus mirrors.
On Thursday, one of reality TV’s most enduring household names became embroiled in scandal, with news that Josh Duggar, the eldest of 19, had molested several youths when he was a teenager. For a show built around the concept of a wholesome family, and with Josh a high-level staffer with a prominent social conservative D.C. advocacy group, the news triggered a quick plunge from public grace.
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