Jinger Duggar rails against pedophile brother Josh

Jinger Duggar has fiercely railed against pedophile brother Josh after saying he had ‘dragged the glory of God through the dirt.’

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

Jinger, 29, appeared alongside husband Jeremy to reveal that Josh ‘claimed to be a Christian and had all these outward things that made him look good’ – but that his actions should not be conflated with the faith.

Josh Duggar was initially sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for his child porn conviction – but this was recently extended.

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

Speaking on the podcast, which covered a wide range of topics, Jinger exposed how her pedophile brother outwardly appeared devoted to his faith but that it was not the full picture.

She insisted that her brother had not been practicing true Christian belief after a lifetime of ‘shame’ and ‘purity’ teachings – urging critics not to link his religion and his crimes.

The mother-of-two, who has written a memoir about her experiences, said: ‘It’s really hard to talk about… but I see with my brother it is the same heart of going to these [Christian] standards, putting up all of these outward things to make your heart look good before others and I think that is really why I wrote this book. 

‘In that time when my brother was about to be arrested I was looking at all of these and thinking, man the glory of God is going to be dragged through the dirt 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 everything falls apart and no one saying anything, we have to speak out for the glory of God. 

‘So that’s where I thought we want to make a distinction between like putting on roles and what the heart of true Christianity is.’ 

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

The 19 Kids and Counting star opened up on the latest episode of the Relatable podcast, hosted by Allie Beth Stuckey, which aired earlier this week

Jinger, who has written a memoir about her experiences, revealed that Josh ‘claimed to be a Christian and had all these outward things that made him look good’

Investigators claim the images were downloaded in 2019 onto a computer at a car dealership owned by Duggar, which prompted federal agents to search Wholesale Motorcars in November 2019.

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

Earlier this month, however, he had his sentence extended by almost two months with his release date now set for October 2, 2032, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. 

Also during the episode, Jinger spoke about the environment that 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 previously) who were both devout followers of the Institute in Basic Life Principles

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

‘Almost viewing talking about sex with your kids, all of that at appropriate ages, and like about how your bodies are changing, that’s totally pushed out. 

‘There’s not even a healthy view of like, “OK, marriage is a gift from God. Within marriage you’re to be able to enjoy this.” There’s such a focus on pushing out 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 both devout followers of the Institute in Basic Life Principles – a denominational Christian organization that acts as an umbrella organization for other ministries and 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 actually wanted from her – leading her to believe that she would be ‘harmed’ if she strayed from the rules or made a mistake.