Children are a gift from God.
They are precious little ones.
The parables about stewardship apply to the church, in care for those not yet mature.
Children are not chattel, for the lusts of adults. These things need to be stopped cold when they happen, and those who were hurt need to be made whole - by the Church freely, good heartedly, in recognition of the admonitions and desires of God, not because some court finally made us.
I post on most threads that appear about rape and sexual abuse.
If the Perpetrator is a cop, there are people who show up saying people only care because it was law enforcement.
If it is a teacher, there will be people who say it would be no big deal if it weren't a teacher.
If it is religion or denomination X then people of that persuasion show up whining that they are singled out.
Frankly, I don't care who it was, I want it exposed to the light rather than hidden away, and I want anyone who attempted to sweep it away brought into the light as well.
I want it to stop.
We live in a fallen world, and maybe what I wish won't come to pass in this age. None the less I shall strive for it.
It is if folks obsessively post only this...