Horrid Christians or pious hypocrites?
Pious hypocrisy arises from allowing such behavior to continue and even giving duplicitous assent to it. Unless more evidence exhibits Mr. Jim Bob’s assent and even tacit encouragement, I cannot tell if it is repetitive and unrepentant behavior.
Neither. A family with a troubled teen.
Going through the criminal justice system would have resulted in a son with a criminal record, daughters subjected to reliving molestation at a trial and CPS disrupting the family with no guarantee of any more punishment than Josh ended up receiving (counseling while in juvenile detention as opposed to counseling while being sent away for three months to remodel homes).
There are plenty of parents that would have done the same thing.