Jim Bob Duggar Slams Son Joseph's 'Terrible Decisions,' Warns of 'Major Consequences' in Exposed Prison Email

Joseph Duggar still has his father, Jim Bob Duggar, looking out for him amid his subsequent arrests on child molestation and endangerment.

"Joseph, I’m so sorry for what you are going through. Mom & I love you very much!” Jim Bob, 60, wrote in a newly exposed email to his son, obtained by a news outlet on Thursday, April 2.

"Looks like you have a long road ahead of you, but God will get you through. You have made some terrible decisions, but God has already forgiven you if you have asked him," the father-of-19 said in an email dated March 25.

The patriarch urged his son, 31, to "accept the situation" and pray for God to have "mercy" on him.

"But you’re probably gonna face a [sic] major consequences for several years to come,” he warned. “I pray that God will bring other Christians into your life to encourage you and that you can also point people to Christ even through the time you’re in jail and prison. God will be with you! He will get you and your family through!”

Joseph was arrested on March 18 on charges of child molestation, being accused of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl during a 2020 beach vacation in Florida.

He was later extradited to Florida and released from police custody on March 31 after entering a "not guilty plea."

Joseph was spotted with his father at Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport hours after his release. In photos obtained by OK!, the father-son duo could be seen grabbing food before heading to their gate.

In a separate case, Joseph and his wife, Kendra Duggar, are each facing four misdemeanor counts of false imprisonment and four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

While Joseph remained behind bars, his wife, 27, was arrested and released on March 20.

Reports indicate that Joseph's charges in the Florida child molestation case are unrelated to the allegations he and his wife face in Arkansas.

The couple's Tontitown, Ark., home was searched on March 19, one day after Joseph was arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a minor.

"After his charge, they automatically do a home study if minors live there," a source told Us Weekly on March 21. "Apparently, they had two rooms where the lock of the doorknob was on the outside instead of inside. They arrested her and took her kids for that, saying it’s evidence that she wrongly detains her kids."

The two are scheduled to appear in an Arkansas court on April 29.