a new police report from washington county arkansas. the bottom line the eldest child told his father about sexually abusing four of his sisters, one of whom was just five years old. and today, the duggars spoke about their reaction at the time. >> there was so much grief in our hearts. i think as parents we felt we're failures. here we tried to raise our kids to do what's right and know what's right and yet one of our children made some really bad choices and i think as a parent we were devastated. >> devastated as they were they seem to have not taken the kind of steps you're suppose to to deal with their son, protect their daughters or answer to the

. >> reporter: this is the police report from the sheriff's office in washington county arkansas whereduggars live. the details are disturbing. documents reveal that josh was 15 years old in march of 2003 when he mope lested his 5-year-old sister. and it didn't just happen once. police say he touched her breasts and vaginal area while reading her a book on his lap. another time the police report says he put his hand up her skirt in the laundry room. >> one of the sisters remembers the blanket being removed. she went to her father and said something about it. >> reporter: it wasn't just his 5-year-old sister he victimized. the police report says josh duggar admitted in 2002 and 2003 to molesting four sisters and a family friend. jim bob told police that in march of 2002 josh told him that he had been sneaking into his sisters room at night and had been touching his sisters on the breasts and vaginal areas while they were sleeping. in all, josh duggar is involved in at least seven instances of sexual molestation. and his parents, they sat on the information instead of reporting it to pol

a new police report from washington county arkansas. father about sexually abusing four of his sisters, one of whom was just five years old. and today, the duggars spoke about their reaction at the time. >> there was so much grief in our hearts. i think as parents we felt we're failures. here we tried to raise our kids to do what's right and know what's right and yet one of our children made some really bad choices and i think as a parent we were devastated. >> devastated as they were they seem to have not taken the kind of steps you're suppose to to deal with their son, protect their daughters or answer to the criminal justice system. first, randy k. >> reporter: on three separate occasions, josh duggar confessed to his father that he molested his children. that's according to a police report obtained by in touch magazine. >> according to the police report joshua was crying and he was there with a church elder. >> reporter: this is from the sheriff's office where the duggars live. documents reveal that josh was 15 when he molested his

. >> this is the police report from washington county arkansas where the duggars live.gts reveal josh was 15 years old in march of 2003 when he molested his five-year-old sister. and it didn't just happen once. police say he touched her breasts and vaginal area while reading her a book on his lap. another type the police report said he put his hand up her skirt in the landry room. >> one of the sisters remembers the blanket being removed and she went to her father and said something about it. >> and it wasn't just his five-year-old sister he victimized. the police report said he admitted back in 2003 and 2002 to molesting four of his sisters and a family friend. jim bob told police that in march of 2002 he said he was sneaking in his sister's room at night and touching his sisters on the breast and vaginal areas while they were sleeping. in all josh is involved in seven instances of sexual molestation and his parents sat on the information instead of reporting it to police. in fact despite josh duggar telling his parents what he had done the police report said the dugga

arkansas on may 27th. that's eight days after josh duggar's molestation scandal first surfaced. dhs was not allowed inside and had to call 911. >> and tell me exactly what happened. >> well, we're washington countyhs office and we're out here to -- we have an investigation. and i guess they're not being cooperative and we have to see the child to make sure the child is all right. so we just need police assistance or escort. >> reporter: it's unclear what happened next because the call was transferred and it's also unclear what was even being investigated in the first place. arkansas's department of human services tells nbc news it can neither confirm nor deny whether we have investigated a specific family. >> josh is our oldest. >> reporter: so far no comment from the duggars who star in the reality show "19 kids and counting." they recently admitted in 2002 and 2003 when josh was a teenager he inappropriately touched five underaged girls, four of the victims were his sisters including jill and jessa who spoke last week defending their brother and parents. >> i can see looking back as an adult now they handled the situation very well. >> yes. >> they set up safety guards in their house and they