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Earlier this week, Joseph Duggar was extradited to Florida to be arraigned on child molestation charges.
He pleaded not guilty and was allowed to walk free on $600,000 bail.
The cash, of course, was provided by his wealthy father, Jim Bob Duggar. But don’t take it as a sign that the patriarch approves of Joseph’s actions.
Jim Bob emailed his son while Joseph was still locked up in Arkansas and informed him that the Duggar clan is not thrilled by news of his arrest.
“You are just going to have to accept the situation at this point and it’s also fine to pray that God would have mercy on you, but you’re probably gonna face a major consequences for several years to come,” Jim Bob wrote (via The Ashley’s Reality Roundup), adding:
“I pray that God will bring other Christians into your life to encourage you and that you can also point people to Christ even through the time you’re in jail and prison. God will be with you! He will get you and your family through!”
Yes, it sounds like JB is already bracing himself for a guilty verdict.
It’s a far cry from when Josh Duggar was arrested, and the entire family maintained that he was innocent until the bitter end.
Elsewhere in the email, Jim Bob was more sympathetic, telling Joseph that he was “so sorry for what you’re going through” and that “Mom and I love you very much.
“Looks like you have a long road ahead of you but God will get you through. You have made some terrible decisions but God has already forgiven you, if you have asked him.”
From there, Jim Bob gets all biblical, noting how David “royally messed up,” but later “repented and became a man after God’s own heart.”
He also suggested that Joseph take after his namesake from the Book of Genesis, whom Jim Bob reminds Joe was “also in prison” and found a way to “make lemonade out of lemons” by interpreting the Pharaoh’s dreams.
(Like many Christians who are obsessed with guns and money, the Duggars prefer the angry, militant God of the Old Testament.)
“I love you and we’ll be praying for you. Don’t give up,” he wrote. “God is not finished with your life.”
Jim Bob also griped about the fact that Joseph’s wife, Kendra Duggar, had been arrested on child endangerment charges.
“It is ridiculous that they charged Kendra and arrested her,” Jim Bob wrote. “We’ve hired [a lawyer] to help Kendra. We are praying that we can get her charges dropped.”
As we previously reported, insiders say Kandra is not allowed to contact her children in the wake of her arrest.
Jim Bob did not address that fact in his emails but confirmed that the Duggars are “taking care of” their daughter-in-law.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
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