Church practises what it preaches, inspiring judge's sentence for homeless robber
As a follow-up to this story...
Vancouver Sun
Published: Saturday, March 01, 2008
We've heard plenty of stories of sadness and suffering in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. And we've listened to countless attacks on overwhelmed courts, as they try to deal with the problems of mental illness and drug addiction that a lack of social services has left behind.
In this litany of sorrow, it's hard find a good news story. But here is one, a story of forgiveness and redemption that ought to serve as a reminder that it's never too late to help those who are genuinely willing to accept assistance.
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1 comments:
My only comment is that this forgiveness and kindness is most curious against the history of the Catholic Church's reluctance to "give" reparations to the survivors of their residential schools. They hire lawyers to make sure they don't lose anything in these cases. When they are harmed by this one desperate person, they forgive; but when they are responsible for massive harm to thousands of children, they refuse to admit wrong and come through with meaningful reparations. This hardly seems like a church that practices what it preaches.
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