Docuseries Exposes Cult-Like Doctrines and Abuse Covered Up by Duggar Family's Wholesome Image

The Duggars promoted extreme conservative values as the poster family for the Institute in Basic Life Principles, a religious group compared to a cult.
Jill Dillard says she never received compensation for appearing on her family's shows and was pressured into filming her first birth despite objections.
The docuseries includes disturbing footage and accounts of abuse from people raised with the group's teachings.
The Duggars' shows spread the ministry of the IBLP and glossed over the family's fundamentalism, according to the series.
The docuseries connects the Duggars' fame, IBLP, and the rising power of fundamental Christians in politics.