Former reality star Jinger Duggar Vuolo, made famous on TLC's "19 Kids and Counting," is speaking out about the religious beliefs her family followed, describing them as "harmful" and having "cult-like tendencies."
Vuolo, the sixth child of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, previously adhered to and zealously promoted the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), a nondenominational Christian organization founded in 1961 by disgraced minister Bill Gothard. But she left the fundamentalist organization in 2017 and is now opening up about it in her new memoir, "Becoming Free Indeed."
"Fear was a huge part of my childhood," the 29-year-old told People. "I thought I had to wear only skirts and dresses to please God. Music with drums, places I went or the wrong friendships could all bring harm."
