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Josh Duggar’s sisters say they weren’t aware of fondling

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2014 file photo, Josh Duggar, executive director of FRC Action, speaks in favor the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Two of reality TV's Duggar sisters, Jill and Jessica Duggar, fondled by Josh Duggar say they weren't aware it had happened until he confessed and their parents told them about it.  They talked about it with Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly in an interview set to air Friday night, June 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2014 file photo, Josh Duggar, executive director of FRC Action, speaks in favor the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Two of reality TV's Duggar sisters, Jill and Jessica Duggar, fondled by Josh Duggar say they weren't aware it had happened until he confessed and their parents told them about it. They talked about it with Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly in an interview set to air Friday night, June 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File) FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2014 file photo, Josh Duggar, executive director of FRC Action, speaks in favor the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Two of reality TV's Duggar sisters, Jill and Jessica Duggar, fondled by Josh Duggar say they weren't aware it had happened until he confessed and their parents told them about it. They talked about it with Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly in an interview set to air Friday night, June 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

NEW YORK (AP) – Two of reality TV’s Duggar sisters fondled by Josh Duggar say they weren’t aware it had happened until he confessed and their parents told them about it.

Jill and Jessa Duggar, part of the family featured in TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” were two of the four sisters whom Josh Duggar touched inappropriately a dozen years ago. They talked about it with Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly in an interview set to air Friday night.

Jessa Duggar said that her brother was “a young boy in puberty” who was “a little too curious about girls.”

In the wake of the incidents, the sisters said the parents restricted the children from playing games like hide and seek and placed locks on bedrooms where the girls and boys slept.