[GOPJ]

It's just as easy for the Pope to forgive a child rapist while he sits in prison as when he sits in a rent-free church rectory 40 feet from a children's playground.

It's not the Church's place to 'forgive' crimes... or cover for criminals. That's the job of the State - our court systems and laws.

Matthew 22:21 Jesus said "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's."

The Church can offer spiritual assistance... and like I said, that can be offered just as easily to a person in prison as any other place.

[SueRae]

Absolutely. Without question.