I am very disappointed in people whom I looked up to when I was growing up. I recent years, I found out that they are rapists, homosexual or committed some other other major sin. I was a fool. But that is okay. Innocence is a virtue. And the less we are exposed to the evils in the world, the less likely we are to become evil ourselves. I do believe this.
No excuses, because by being evil we hurt others (strangers and the ones that we love). Sometimes very severely.
Bottom line: we need to resist the temptation for evil as much as possible and being good Christians helps a lot.
Thank you, dhs12345—good points!