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Originally Posted by Azure
Being able to forgive someone doesn't mean that person shouldn't face the full extent of the law and be completely responsible for their actions to the point of being executed.
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Oh I don't disagree with that. (Cept maybe the execution thing, but that's just a belief obviously)
I was just attempting to highlight where the real disconnect in the issue was. If the church just owned up and kicked out or put away these guys then 1. there would have been less problems and 2. it would have made more sense to forgive the church as a whole.
But the fact that everyone ignored it, covered it up, and tried get away with it is the real problem. And that is what, in my eyes makes everyone in the organization accountable. Every single priest, whether involved or not, and to an extent, even their followers. By not demanding more, by not asking more of their organization, and by just going along with whatever, they are complicent(sp) too.