But they MEANT well!
SURELY that counts for SOMEthing.
To be sure, but the ends do not justify the means, while what "well" meant can be quite different than what Scripture teaches. The Pharisees who made souls twofold more the children of Hell than themselves could also claim a right motive.
But i think many a TRC longs for a day when all the powers of the Inquisition and Catholic states against challenge or dissent be used again. All Catholic Answers can do now is ban opposition for life.