[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

why are we condemning those who expose the sins of the church, rather than the sins themselves?

My main point, as I am sure you noticed, was to condemn our Christian brothers, who glory in the suffering of other Christians, and seek secular advantage from it. Their arrogance, pride, and hypocrisy are sins, and I was urging Catholics not to indulge in such sins when the attacks of our common enemies are again directed at faithful Protestants, as is already starting to happen.

[Sweet Hour of Prayer]

"to condemn our Christian brothers, who glory in the suffering of other Christians, and seek secular advantage from it. Their arrogance, pride, and hypocrisy are sins, and I was urging Catholics not to indulge in such sins when the attacks of our common enemies are again directed at faithful Protestants."

I'm not rejoicing at the news that the Catholic church is infiltrated with homosexual priests. I have a dear friend that was molested as an altar boy and has hated the church for over 45 years! I am rejoicing that God has revealed the sins that the Church body refused to handle. The Church is commanded to rebuke sin within the body and to remove any unrepentent believers.

As a Baptist I can tell you we handle things much differently (not to be mistaken for always being Biblically correct). As each So. Baptist church is similar to an independent franchise, with each congregation having independence to call their own leadership, we also determine when and how to remove/rebuke those that fall into sin. The Choir director having an affair with a pianist (very common) doesn't fall into the category of notifying the police. A pastor seducing a 15 yr. seeking counseling is another matter. A youth-pastor having an affair with a youth is another matter. In all of these cases the information would be passed along to the elected deacons (who usually serve for 1 year terms) and then there would be decisive action. None of us should rejoice when the church body is ripped apart, however, we ALL should rejoice when sin that has caused so much hurt is revealed and removed.