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To: Fred Mertz
How can you write such a thing? Yes, you need help too.

There's a whole lot on this thread in that condition. I wonder how many of these folks are Catholic or some other Christian denomination? Have they ever heard of redemption, mercy, "...forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us..."?

178 posted on 08/25/2003 4:17:37 PM PDT by pgkdan
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To: pgkdan
Have they ever heard of redemption, mercy, "...forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us..."?

Did Geoghan trespass against you? Then by all means forgive him.

But you have no right or authority to forgive him of trespasses he committed against others.

This incident is about the failure of the criminal justice system--not a morality contest to see who can most magnanimously and posthumously forgive Geoghan of the sexual abuses he committed against 150 young boys.

For the sake of his soul we may hope that he tried to find forgiveness. But that's about it.

188 posted on 08/25/2003 8:07:00 PM PDT by Kevin Curry
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