--- title: Josh Duggar’s Sisters Say They Are ‘Victims’ of Molestation description: For a brief but emotional moment, Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard spoke out on Wednesday night about the allegations that their brother, Josh, had molested... canonical: https://time.com/3910243/josh-duggar-molestation-19-kida-counting-jill-dillard-jessa-seewald-megyn-kelly/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-05T02:05:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:08:18.361Z og:title: Josh Duggar's Sisters Say They Are 'Victims' of Molestation og:description: Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard spoke out about the allegations og:url: https://time.com/3910243/josh-duggar-molestation-19-kida-counting-jill-dillard-jessa-seewald-megyn-kelly/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2461295801ea0aa/6988520af887dca318e90a9d/josh-duggar1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Josh Duggar og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Josh Duggar's Sisters Say They Are 'Victims' of Molestation twitter:description: Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard spoke out about the allegations twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2461295801ea0aa/6988520af887dca318e90a9d/josh-duggar1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Josh Duggar's Sisters Say They Are 'Victims' of Molestation > Sponsored content. 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Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar spoke out about the scandal enveloping their family in an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly._ by [Caitlin Keating / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Caitlin Keating / People Contributor Jun 5, 2015 2:05 AM UTC by [Caitlin Keating / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Caitlin Keating / People Contributor Jun 5, 2015 2:05 AM UTC For a brief but emotional moment, [Jessa Seewald](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JessaDuggar,00.html) and [Jill Dillard](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JillDuggar,00.html) spoke out on Wednesday night about the allegations that their [brother, Josh, had molested five underage girls as a teen](http://www.people.com/article/josh-duggar-molestation-accusations-duggars-respond). In an interview with _Fox News_ journalist Megyn Kelly, the sisters identified themselves as two of of the girls Josh had molested, and admitted they were overwhelmed when they learned that their story had gone national. “We are victims, they can’t do this to us,” Jill, 24, said of the attention focused on her and her family as she wiped tears from her eyes. Her younger sister, Jessa, 22, added: “The system that 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. It’s greatly failed.” While Jessa admitted that what their brother did was “very wrong,” she wanted to speak up against people who are calling Josh a child molester, pedophile or rapist. “I’m like, that is so overboard and a lie really,” she said. “I mean, people get mad at me for saying that but I can say this because I was one of the victims.” The sisters will be speaking more in a one-hour special of _The Kelly File_ airing Friday at 9 p.m. ET on Fox News. [_This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.com_](http://www.people.com/article/jill-jessa-duggar-interview-molestation-brother-josh-fox-news-we-are-victims) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] I think as parents you feel like a failure when one of your kids does something wrong. [ MUSIC ] You know, Josh has done some very bad things. And he's, he's very sorry. 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