The New Abuse and Neglect Allegations Against the Naugler Family
This is part 2 of 2 about the Nicole and Joseph Naugler family of Kentucky. If you haven’t read part one from 2018 published on Patheos No Longer Quivering I suggest you do so right now …..
... I’ll wait! Screen cap from a news story about the Nauglers showing the living conditions of the family that led to the original removal of the children.
Enough years have passed now that some of the original older children in the Naugler family are legally adults. Some have married, some are enmeshed in the same criminal behaviors of pater familias Joseph Naugler of threatening neighbors and others. Some have taken the same steps as the eldest four children of Steven Anderson of NIFB by exposing the abuse they were raised under.
The family has been fighting it out on the worst way of all time to do it - social media. This electronic airing of family dirty laundry is more typical in our age than ages before. The big advantaged of it is that it’s a good way to get the word out about the abuser. One of the adult daughters has some pretty serious allegations of serial sexual abuse of her by her father Joseph.
Screen caps from the Facebook group Blessed Little Trolls and Their Minions. The name of the group is a play on words because Nicole Naugler’s own Facebook page and personal blog is titled Blessed Little Homestead. Nicole’s posts at both places veer beween sweetness, light and old-fashioned to conspiracy theories and strange political takes.
Here’s what the unidentified daughter has said:
Why is it in these outlier families hiding behind the Bible that there is always extreme physical abuse of children labeled “discipline” and profound educational neglect labeled either “homeschooling” or “unschooling.”? There is also a much higher level of sexual abuse than among those they throw rocks at for being heathen or reprobate.
Not all her siblings are happy with her exposures.
Dear Quinten, you do not have a legal leg to stand upon. You are not the one that the allegations involve. Even in defamation per se you have to be able to literally prove a certain dollar amount of financial harm.
Other relatives chime in with their own stories of Joseph and his problems.
Thankfully this looks like the rest of the family supports this young lady’s account of what happened to her even while her brother doubles down on the abuse.
If you or anyone you know is being sexually abused just know there is always help from RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network) no matter what anyone in your family says. They can be reached at 800.656.4673 or at their website https://rainn.org/
If you or someone you know is being neglected or abused by their parents or guardians please contact Childhelp. Childhelp’s National Child Abuse Hotline is 800.422.4453 or their website https://www.childhelp.org/
Speak up! Don’t stay silent because the sooner you come forward, the sooner you can began to heal.