Duggar Family News: Josh Duggar's Actions Brings Family To Tears

By Peter R - 28 Apr '16 09:36AM
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Josh Duggar's scandal brought his younger sister Jinger to tears on the last episode of the family's Jill & Jessa: Counting On.

Jinger, 23, said it was hard on the family when word got out their older brother had misbehaved with Jill and Jessa. When they got to know of his porn addiction (read Ashley Madison) and that he had cheated on wife Anna, the family cried a lot Jinger said.

"It was very difficult, and we cried a lot of tears," she said. "I felt like it was especially difficult for me because I had spoken out in defense of Josh and had stood up for him and then there was a whole another wave of things that came through."

Josh Duggar made headlines last May when allegations of molesting minors during his teenage surfaced. It was later revealed that four of his victims were sisters Jill and Jessa. The names of other two sisters have been withheld. His name later cropped up in the leaked Ashley Madison database. Josh confessed to molesting minors, which forced TLC to stop airing the family's popular 19 Kids & Counting.

Rumors of yet another victim speaking up have been doing the rounds this week. The victim, now in her late 20s, was said to be so traumatized by news of Josh's actions that she suffered a nervous breakdown.

The last episode also saw Jessa speak about Josh scandal. While maintaining that her pregnancy and delivery brought the much needed relief for her family that drew heavy criticism for Josh's actions, she said her brother's actions were troubling but strengthened the resolve of faithfulness in her marriage with Ben Seewald.

"For us as a couple, it even strengthened our resolve to be true to our wedding vows and to always keep our first love, which is God and pursue that and then to pursue each other 100 percent. I feel like we as a couple, even drew closer together through the difficulty," Jessa said.

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