But Jordan said he does not want to see the alleged thief “wallowing in the jail cell,” because “that’s not going to help him.”
“I hope and pray that this troubled man turns himself in to the police and he gets the proper psychiatric care that he needs,” the priest said. “I want this man, after he’s arrested, not going to jail but going to a psychiatric center to get some help, to get a second chance at life.”
He can go to jail and the priest can talk to him there.
Has the thief undergone a true Christian conversion? Has he sincerely repented of his sins, and in particular, this crime?
If yes, then its right for the pastor to declare the thief “should not wallow in jail.”
If NO, then the pastor should simply let the State, and God, judge him.