Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar drop a bombshell about Joseph Duggar’s child molestation arrest. What a shame!!!

Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar are once again living a parent’s nightmare.

Less than two weeks after their son Joseph Duggar was arrested for allegedly molesting a child, a spokesperson for the 19 Kids and Counting alums have shared a statement as they navigate this difficult time alongside Joseph’s wife Kendra Duggar and his four kids.

“Jim Bob and Michelle are heartbroken over this entire situation,” a spokesperson for the Duggar family told Us Weekly. “Right now, they are focused on loving their family and helping Kendra and her children during this difficult time. They are praying for the victim. They ask for privacy and appreciate the kind words and prayers offered by so many.”

E! News has reached out to reps for the Duggars for additional comment but has not heard back.

Joseph, 31, was arrested in Arkansas March 18 for lewd and lascivious behavior involving unlawful sexual activity with a minor after allegedly molesting a then-9-year-old girl during a Florida family vacation in 2020. The girl, now 14, came forward to police about past sexual abuse and “disclosed several incidents” allegedly involving the TLC star, according to Florida’s Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

“The victim reported Duggar repeatedly asked her to sit on his lap,” the department said in a statement. “As the vacation continued, he also asked her to sit next to him on a couch and covered them with a blanket. During this time, Duggar manipulated the victim’s underwear and grazed her genitals. Duggar would also continue to rub his hands on her thighs.”

He was awaiting extradition to Florida and as of March 27 the Washington County Sheriff’s Office told People he was no longer in their custody.

Meanwhile, Kendra was arrested—and released—on March 20 and charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree and four counts of false imprisonment in the second degree, according to jail records viewed by E! News. Arkansas’ Tontitown Police Department said in a press release that Joseph is also facing these charges.

The 27-year-old is due in court April 29.

Since the shocking arrests, many of Joseph’s family members have spoken out denouncing the former reality star.

“I did not think my heart could break like it has this week,” his sister Jinger Duggar Vuolo said on the March 25 episode of The Jinger & Jeremy Podcast. “The pain and heartbreak that we’ve had over this and just thinking of how it’s affected so many. It’s just unthinkable. It’s so hard and painful on many levels.”

Jill Duggar Dillard shared that she and husband Derick Dillard were “shocked” and “heartbroken” by the news, which comes nearly five years after her oldest brother Josh Duugar was sentenced to 12 years in prison for child pornography.

“We support the rule of law and hope that justice will be achieved,” they wrote in a March 19 blog post. “Our hearts go out to the innocent juvenile victim of this unspeakable crime and her family. We pray God gives her strength, comfort and hope, and that she is able to get all the help and support she needs and deserves in the days ahead.”