Joy-Anna Duggar breaks silence on brother Joseph’s arrest — as Jeremiah ignores scandal to celebrate anniversary

Joy-Anna Duggar said retired connected her relative Josep Duggar’s “deeply disturbing” child molestation arrest, while their relative Jeremiah Duggar ignored nan ungraded successful his societal media return.

The 28-year-old influencer called “what has travel retired astir [her sibling] heartbreaking and profoundly disturbing” successful an Instagram Story connection Thursday.

“My bosom is pinch nan victim, and I americium grieved by nan symptom and harm caused,” Joy-Anna continued. “I person been a wreck this week and americium taking clip to process.”

The “Counting On” alum shared her plans to return “some much-needed time” pinch her family distant from societal media successful ray of nan situation, clarifying she does person “a fewer pre-filmed commitments” to post.

“Thank you for your prayers,” she concluded.

Meanwhile, Jeremiah was each smiles successful nan Instagram carousel he posted that aforesaid time celebrating his and his woman Hannah Duggar’s 4th wedding anniversary.

“It’s officially been 4 years since we tied nan knot,” nan 27-year-old wrote successful nan lengthy caption. “My emotion for you is deeper now than ever before.

“You are nan astir unthinkable wife, and I americium truthful grateful our girls tin look up to you arsenic nan eventual domiciled exemplary successful their life,” he added. “Happy 4 twelvemonth day Hannah!”

Jeremiah, notably, constricted comments connected nan upload.

It has been much than 1 week since Joseph was arrested and booked astatine nan Washington County jail in Arkansas connected March 18.

He reportedly confessed to “several incidents of intersexual abuse” via telephone telephone to nan alleged victim’s begetter nan erstwhile day.

Since nan alleged molestation took spot during a 2020 Florida trip, nan “19 Kids and Counting” alum will yet beryllium extradited to Bay County, Fla.

His wife, Kendra Caldwell, was arrested connected March 20 and charged pinch 4 counts of second-degree endangering nan use of a minor and 4 counts of second-degree mendacious imprisonment aft constabulary did a location study and recovered suspicious locks.

Joseph was charged pinch nan same, successful summation to his first charges of lewd and lascivious behaviour involving a unfortunate younger than nan property of 12 and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a personification 18 aliases older.

The mates stock boy Garrett, 7, and daughters Addison, 6, and Brooklyn Praise, 5, arsenic good arsenic a 4th kid whose sanction they person yet to reveal.

Sickening specifications of Joseph’s alleged intersexual maltreatment were revealed by nan teen victim, who was 9 years aged astatine nan time, successful a forensic interview.

According to a transcript of an affidavit obtained by Page Six, nan now-14-year-old claimed Joseph’s manus “grazed [her] pussy … extracurricular of her underwear” while he covered them some pinch a broad and touched her thighs.

The teen besides purported that Joseph, who allegedly many times asked her to beryllium connected his lap, later apologized.

While galore of Joseph’s relatives person publically denounced him, his relative Josh Duggar — who is presently serving clip for receiving and possessing kid intersexual maltreatment material — defended Joseph and slammed nan “false accusations.”