Jinger Duggar rails against pedophile brother Josh

Jinger Duggar has fiercely criticized pedophile brother Josh after saying he had “dragged the glory of God for the dirt.”

The 19 Kids and Counting star opened up on the latest episode of the relatable podcasthosted by Allie Beth Stuckey, which aired earlier this week.

Jinger, 29, appeared alongside her husband Jeremy to reveal that Josh “claimed to be a Christian and had all these external things that made him look good” but that his actions should not be confused with faith.

Josh Duggar was initially sentenced to over 12 years in prison for his child pornography conviction, but this was recently extended.

Josh Duggar was initially sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for his child pornography conviction.

Speaking on the podcast, which covered a wide range of topics, Jinger opened up about how her pedophile brother apparently seemed dedicated to his faith, but that wasn’t the whole picture.

She insisted that her brother had not been practicing the true Christian faith after a lifetime of teachings of “shame” and “purity”, urging critics not to link their religion to his crimes.

The mother of two, who has written a memoir about her experiences, said: “It’s very difficult to talk about it… but I see that with my brother it’s the same heart to go to these [Christian] standards, putting all these external things to make your heart look good to others and I think that’s really the reason I wrote this book.

“At the time when my brother was about to get arrested, I was looking at all this and thinking, man, the glory of God is going to be dragged across the earth because people think this is what it is.”

She continued: ‘He’s claimed to be a Christian and he’s had all these outward things that made him look good, but when it all falls apart and no one says anything, we have to speak up for the glory of God.

“So that’s where I thought we wanted to make a distinction between role playing and what is at the heart of true Christianity.”

Duggar, 34, was arrested in April 2021 after a Little Rock police detective found images of child abuse that had been shared by a computer traced to the television personality.

The 19 Kids and Counting star spoke about the latest episode of the Relatable podcast, hosted by Allie Beth Stuckey, which aired earlier this week.

Jinger, who has written a memoir about his experiences, revealed that Josh “claimed to be a Christian and had all these external things that made him look good.”

Investigators claim the footage was downloaded in 2019 to a computer at a Duggar-owned car dealership, prompting federal agents to search Wholesale Motorcars in November 2019.

Duggar pleaded not guilty to one count of receiving and one count of possession of child pornography, but a jury found him guilty of the charges at trial in December 2021.

However, earlier this month, his sentence was extended by nearly two months and his release date has now been set for Oct. 2, 2032, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Also during the episode, Jinger talked about the environment the family had grown up in, which was intensely focused on “purity”.

The former TLC star was raised by her parents Jim Bob, 57, and Michelle Duggar, 56, (family pictured together above), who were devoted followers of the Life Basics Institute.

She added: ‘[There was] talk about purity about keeping yourself pure.

“Almost seeing talk about sex with your kids, all of that at the appropriate ages, and like how your bodies are changing, that’s totally out of the question.

There’s not even a healthy view of, “Okay, marriage is a gift from God. Within marriage you can enjoy this.” There is such a focus on pushing all of that as almost like evil, even attraction.

The former TLC star was raised by her parents Jim Bob, 57, and Michelle Duggar, 56, who were devoted followers of the Institute for Basic Life Principles, a denominational Christian organization that acts as an umbrella organization for other ministries and it was established by shunned minister Bill Gothard.

She previously noted that Gothard’s teachings were “based on fear and superstition” and left her questioning what God really wanted of her, leading her to believe she would be “harmed” if she deviated from the rules or made a mistake. .