Jessa Duggar’s Father-In-Law Says Jim Bob And Michelle Duggar Should Be Commended
Jessa Duggar’s father-in-law couldn’t resist sharing his thoughts about the Josh Duggar underage sex abuse scandal.
Michael Seewald, the father of Jessa’s husband, Ben, is a religious zealot who occasionally shares his beliefs on the Seewald family blog. Many of his posts involve the Duggars in some way, and his latest lengthy screed is a defense of Josh Duggar and Josh’s parents.
As the Inquisitr previously reported, Josh recently confessed to sexually molesting four of his sisters by forcibly fondling their breasts and genitals, usually while they were asleep. He was 14 at the time, and the Duggars had five underage daughters (ages at the time in parentheses): Jana Duggar (12), Jill Duggar (11), Jessa Duggar (10), Jinger Duggar (9), and Joy-Anna Duggar (5).
Like many 19 Kids and Counting fans, Jessa Duggar’s father-in-law seems more upset about the family’s good name being tarnished than he does about the family’s decision to allow their daughter’s molester to continue living under the same roof as his victims instead of turning him into the proper authorities. In a post titled “Grace Greater Than Sin,” Michael Seewald begins by whining about the media uncovering the dark secret that the Duggars wanted so desperately to hide.
“It pains me to see that they are now having to relive the nightmare that had been laid to rest well over a decade ago with Josh’s repentance and reformation, but I feel compelled to bring some context and reason to the bloodletting that many are engaging in and to come to the aid of our dear friends and family.”
Notice how he only mentions Josh while talking about how the family put this behind him — he doesn’t say anything about the victims, and there’s a good chance that neither they nor Josh got the help that they needed. According to People, Josh’s “treatment” consisted of a very short stay at the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) Training Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Institute in Basic Life Principles is a religious organization, and its training center “has been the subject of a local Child Protective Services investigation.” Josh was most likely getting preached to and studying the Bible, not getting psychological help. So far, no one has revealed what kind of help Jessa Duggar and her sisters received, if any.
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Jessa Duggar’s father-in-law goes on to say that fans shouldn’t be shocked by Josh’s actions — he claims that many people would do the same thing if they didn’t fear the consequences of their behavior.
"Many times it is simply lack of opportunity or fear of consequences that keep us from falling into grievous sin even though our fallen hearts would love to indulge the flesh. We should not be shocked that this occurred in the Duggar’s home, we should rather be thankful to God if we have been spared such, and pray that he would keep us and our children from falling."
Josh is having the wagons circled around him by a certain set of like minded patriarchal religious leaders.
