Thanks for the note. I appreciate it. I don't claim to be an authority on any of this. I got my info from the History Channel, which reenacted the First Crusade. It was quite fascinating. What I don't thing would be wise, would be for the Church to whitewash matters. That just feeds the flames, and in this day and age, would backfire, and won't work. The modern method is to try to persuade, and sheath the sword.
You wrote: "The modern method is to try to persuade, and sheath the sword."
"Modern" method? The modern method is to blow people up. Persuasion is the ancient method. Traditional method. Christ's method.