“St. John Vianney was once accused of impregnating a young woman, yet he remained silent and followed Christs example.”
Why does the Church employ lawyers (canon and secular) if self-defense is considered unsaintly?
Isaiah 53:8 Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth; Like a lamb led to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearers, he was silent and opened not his mouth.
Oppressed and condemned, he was taken away, and who would have thought any more of his destiny? When he was cut off from the land of the living, and smitten for the sin of his people,
A grave was assigned him among the wicked and a burial place with evildoers, Though he had done no wrong nor spoken any falsehood.