Scandal forces Josh Duggar and his family to move out of Washington

Josh and Anna Duggar with their three kids have reportedly moved from their current home in Washington D.C. back to Arkansas following the child molestation scandal that rocked their family. (Duggar Family Blog)

Josh Duggar, his pregnant wife Anna and their kids Mackynzie, Michael, and Marcus have reportedly been forced to move out of Washington D.C. following the revelation of the child molestation raps filed against Josh when he was still a teenager.

Us Weekly reported that moving trucks arrived at Josh's five-bedroom home in Oxon Hill, Md. Many believe that Josh and his family will be returning to Arkansas since Josh recently purchased a house in his home state.

Josh and his family moved to D.C. back in 2013 after he accepted a position as executive director of the Family Research Council. However, just a few days after InTouch Weekly published his juvenile police report, Josh resigned from his position and issued a statement of apology.

"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. I confessed this to my parents who took several steps to help me address the situation," he wrote. "I sought forgiveness from those I had wronged and asked Christ to forgive me and come into my life."

The police report revealed that when Josh was only 14 years old, he molested five underage girls, four of which were his younger sisters. Two of them, Jill and Jessa spoke with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly of "The Kelly File" recently, saying that they have already forgiven their brother. They also slammed the people involved in exposing the supposedly sealed reports.

"They don't have a right to do this. We are victims; they can't do this to us," a tearful Jill said.

"The system was set up to protect kids. Both those who make stupid mistakes or have problems like this in their life and the ones that are affected by those choices," added Jessa. "It's just greatly failed. They're not protecting us here."

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