KENTUCKY: Father On TLC’s “Quiverfull” Christian Reality Show Sentenced To 40 Years For Child Rape

The HuffPost reports:

TLC star Toby Willis, who appeared in the short-lived reality show “The Willis Family” from 2015 to 2016, pleaded guilty to four counts of child rape on Tuesday, according to The Tennessean.

The Cheatham County Circuit Court Clerk Julie Hibbs confirmed that he was sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison after he received two 25-year sentences and two 40-year sentences for the charges.

After fleeing his home in Ashland City, Tennessee, Willis was arrested last September in Greenville, Kentucky, on one charge of child rape, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

The three other counts were added later. The TBI announced in a statement that agents began investigating the 47-year-old after reports surfaced that he had a sexual relationship with an underage female 12 years ago.

From my initial report on his arrest:



Willis and his wife Brenda — like Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar — are Quiverfull parents, adherents to a Christian dominionist sect that encourages married couples to produce as many offspring as possible in order to raise an army of believers.

The word “Quiverfull” comes from the Old Testament Psalms of the Christian Bible. Psalm 127 says, “Children are a blessing from the Lord…happy is the man who has his quiver full of them.”