Josh Duggar checked into a faith-based rehab center back in August after a whirlwind of scandals surrounding him were made public. First, he admitted to molesting five minor girls when he was a teenager, two of which were his sisters, and then he revealed that he not only had a porn addiction, but had cheated on his wife Anna with multiple women through the Ashley Madison website. This past week, a porn star even sued Josh for allegedly assaulting her earlier this year, and it seems as though the trouble never stops for the former "19 Kids And Counting" star. Because of Josh's actions, TLC cancelled the Duggar family's popular show, and all of this news has been extremely hard on them, but they still are trying to find ways to forgive and support Josh through it all.
While some family members are having a much more difficult time forgiving Josh for all he has done, certain members of the family have been writing him letters of encouragement and sending him their forgiveness while he finished out his time in rehab, according to Entertainment Tonight. While it is unclear exactly who has and has not been sending him the letters, it's quite possible that his sisters Jill and Jessa are having a harder time forgiving him, as they were two of the five underage girls he had molested.
"He is not the person everyone thought they knew," a source close to the family told Entertainment Tonight back in September.
Apparently, Josh's father Jim Bob, and some of his siblings, even visited him in rehab recently. Just last week, Jim Bob, one of his sons and two other passengers were seen at an airport in Rockford, Ill., which is close to the rehab center he is currently being treated at. While the family did travel in the same plane that originally flew Josh to the center in August, Josh was not seen at all during the stay, which only lasted a few hours.
"Josh checked himself into a long-term treatment center," the Duggars said in a statement at the time he went away. "It will be a long journey toward wholeness and recovery. We pray that in this he comes to complete repentance and sincere change. In the meantime, we will be offering our love, care and devoted support to Anna and our grandchildren as she also receives counsel and help for her own heart and future."
The quick trip did have people wondering if Josh had maybe completed his rehab stint. "Nobody communicates and it's weird and tough," a different source told Entertainment Tonight. "I think they just don't really trust a lot of people right now, so they want to keep things at a 'need-to-know' basis."
Different sources have confirmed that the journey has not ended for Josh just yet, though. "Josh is not out of rehab," a source who spotted Jim Bob at the airport told Us Weekly.
His wife Anna, on the other hand, has not yet announced that she will be divorcing him. Josh has even been trying to convince her to stay with him. "Josh is so worried that Anna will leave him that he is now convinced she will stay if he can persuade her they should have another child together," a source told Hollywood Life. "He's been begging her not to leave him and that they were meant to have another baby. Unfortunately for Josh, getting pregnant is the last thing on Anna's mind. She's been a single parent for the last few months and she knows that having another child is not going to fix their marriage. Josh hasn't given up though. He is still trying to convince her, at least this is what he always brings up during their limited conversations."
Even Jim Bob wants them to stay together despite the cheating scandal and even offered to buy the couple a new house to try and save their marriage. "Jim Bob is desperate to keep Josh and Anna's marriage alive. He wants to see them back together, all happy and smiley, but it's not going to be that easy, at least not if Anna can help it," another source told Hollywood Life last month. "A big fancy house is not that impressive, and [Anna] says she simply can't be bought. Anna has a new sense of self and isn't going to put on the happy family show just to please her in-laws. She feels like they are more concerned with image than with the reality of the situation."
