Martin's wife, Kristal Martin, also pleaded for a lesser sentence. The Martins have a 4-year-old son, and Kristal Martin is pregnant with another son due in October. Tears streamed down her face as she addressed the court as her husband sobbed quietly at the defendant table.
Kristal Martin said her husband has undergone counseling that "has changed him completely.
"We have a son who loves his dad very much," Kristal Martin said. "Consider mercy so that our children might have the opportunity to be with their dad. I love him very much."
There is more but the point is that even outside the RC, people close to the predator tend to think they have changed or want to believe it badly enough to hope it won't happen again.
Thanks for every one of these examples. They illustrate that Protestants handle errant pastors a lot differently than Rome handles (hides, defends, keeps on the job) theirs.