Absolutely.
Because GOD ALMIGHTY DOES.
I believe you know the prayer . . .
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN . . .
FORGIVE US OUR SINS
AS WE
FORGIVE THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST US.
There’s no qualifiers for opting out in that prayer.
That is twisted.
How could ANYONE demand that a child forgive an abuser? Haven’t we heard how devastating it can be, to be abused? Do you demand that the parents also forgive the penitent abuser? How can anyone be certain that the abuser is truly penitent?
I have expressed before that if anyone ever harmed one of my children I would be in jail and the molester would be dead. I don’t hear anything from the OPC that makes me want to change my mind.