A leading advocate of the patriarchal Quiverfull movement groomed a teenage girl as his “personal sex object” and then used the purity culture to shame her into silence, according to a lawsuit filed by his victim.
Douglas Phillips resigned last year from Vision Forum and Vision Forum Ministries over what he described at the time as an extramarital affair.
But the lawsuit, reported by Right Wing Watch, revealed more details about this relationship and the ways that women are treated in the Quiverfull movement – which has been popularized by the prolific Duggar family and their TLC reality show, 19 Kids and Counting.
Attorneys claim Phillips, a close friend to the Duggar family and an associate of actor Kirk Cameron, “methodically groomed” Lourdes Torres since she was 15 years old and led her to believe they would be married.
Phillips told the girl this was possible because his wife, Beall Phillips, “was going to die soon.”
Philips manipulated her into sexual situations with him, while at the same time telling her that her submission to his desires made her "damaged goods."
The suit claims Phillips repeatedly groped and touched Torres inappropriately and masturbated on her, “against her wishes and over her objections,” over a period of years.
“While Ms. Torres would have felt compelled to submit to Douglas Phillips, the purity culture would have meant at the same time, her submission made her ‘damaged goods’ in her eyes, the eyes of her family, and her community — raising the cost for her to come forward to call him to account,” the suit claims. “She was, in fact, in a ‘no-win’ situation.”
He also assured her that he had done nothing wrong, and their sexual encounters were not wrong, the suit claims, but he also said that if their relationship was indeed wrong, “it was completely her fault.”
This guy is a sick POS who garnered control over this young girl, and probably others, by using religion and the fact that the Quiverfull movement demands that women remain submissive to men.
This is why these assholes do not want their children in public schools, where school nurses might pick up signs of abuse, and where they will learn to question authority and think for themselves.
Alll these very religious groups need more than just their tax exempt status reviewed.
ReplyDelete"Quiverfull" of what? Semen?
ReplyDeleteQuiverfull of xtian bots for the coming war with the debbil!
DeleteIt is always the womans fault a mans dick gets engorged with Jesus... or was it the apple pie and snake skin boots?
ReplyDeleteSunday school was such a long time ago.
O/T but really? REALLY? Are you Texas women really THIS stupid???
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YES!
DeleteNo! Wendy has a huge following here. I have seen exactly one SUV with an Abbott sticker but so many Wendy stickers, I have lost count.
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These Quiverfull Bastards are Pimps.
ReplyDeleteApparently some are also pedophiles.
DeleteJoni Ernst should Castrate these perverts.
Delete“Some day,” he said, teaching the Bible in high school “should be mandated. Here’s a book that’s impacted our world unlike any other and you’re not going to teach it?”
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/16/oklahoma-school-district-oks-bible-curriculum-created-by-hobby-lobby-president/
Oh yeah, the bastards want sex way more than God. They’ll worry about God on their deathbeds.
ReplyDeleteThey'll beg for forgiveness with their last breath and feel confident that every rotten thing they did in their lifetime will be wiped clean.
DeleteIt's like all these politicians who get caught doing something immoral or illegal. They make a public apology, usually that they're sorry if they offended someone, not that they did or said something offensive! Then they claim that the Li'l Baby Jeebus forgives them so we should all just forget whatever heinous thing they did.
Oh, and don't forget to contribute to their latest campaign and vote for them when they run again.
'Cause the Li'l Baby Jeebus would want you to!
Screw the lawsuit .. this guy should be facing felony charges .. and jail time.
ReplyDeleteThe court documents are very telling as to just how lewd that POS is.
ReplyDeleteDoug Phillips is a tool! The folks at freejinger.org have been following his toolish antics for quite some time.
ReplyDeleteNice to see a fellow FJer here!
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Deletelol! been lurking there recently since this tool suddenly "quit" his "ministry".
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And this isn't "one bad apple" see Schaap, jack and the Hyles Anderson/Hammond Baptist scandal in Indiana. If he hadn't screwed up and taken her over state lines, he wouldn't have been charged. The damn church secretary played chauffeur, too.
ReplyDeleteSo I'm not sure that "not home schooled" is any guarantee. this Indiana group runs a private K-12 which dumps into their "college." Obviously the staff is brainwashed not to "see" abuse either. It was rumored the congregation then turned on this girl and her family for reporting to police. and the affair was her fault too. , they claimed.
He's a psychopath, like alot of other "leaders" of cults.
ReplyDeleteWell, it looks like another one of Sarah's endorsements is in hot water over his racism and anti-government shenanigans. I suspect she'll be spitting and spewing her vile crap over this.
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There are too many of these charlatans to count. Joseph Smith used to marry young women just to have sex (even if they were already married to someone else at the time). When it was found out that he had many extramarital affairs he changed his church's doctrines from a marriage is between one man and one woman to its later practice of polygamy, saying that God commanded him to do so. He "married" some 32 woman, many as young as 14 years old. These horrible men have been taking advantage of young women for centuries!
ReplyDeleteI wish I knew who to credit for this comment, but I heard it awhile back, and it's SO true:
ReplyDelete"I know where to find the Devil on a Sunday morning."
You don't even WANT to know what I would do with garbage like this. IF he is convicted, that is (which I doubt).
ReplyDeleteWhy do I doubt it>
"...made her ‘damaged goods’ in her eyes, the eyes of her family, and her community..."
If this trial is held in the community these pigs have control over, there will be NO fair trial because the jury base will NOT admit it is a crime and let him off.
Don't forget Bill Gothard--just another cult leader who molests young girls. I think the Duggars are also Gothardites.
ReplyDeleteThe Duggars don't want to be publically associated with Gothard and Phillips any more. Bad for their ratings as 'wholesome family entertainment'. Gag me with a fucking spoon. Here's what they are trying to erase.
Deletewww.patheos.com/blogs/nolongerquivering/2014/03/quoting-quiverfull-bill-gothard-link-to-the-duggars/
Thanks for the Bill Gothard info. It helps show the bigger sickness in the religious right.
DeleteThese punk-donkey patriarchs are included in Jude's short letter to the brethren. In other words, fakers have been part of the Church and always will be. Seriously, don't want to be in their shoes when the Lord returns - eeyyikes!!!
DeleteThis guy needs a quiver-full of wupp-arse. 10 to 20 haaaard time. Then he'll really know what its like to be a 'personal sex-object.'
ReplyDeleteYep, he's a child abuser of the worst kind. Grooming a young girl to be his personal sex slave and shaming her using the purity bullshit is beyond evil. I hope they throw the book at him. I'm sure the folks in prison would need some good old fashioned counselling.
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