Guest guest Posted August 19, 1998 Report Share Posted August 19, 1998 Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The offense has been committed to the child. Only he or she can give meaningful forgiveness. But it's not fair to ask a child to forgive. They can be made to say anything. They have no idea of what the abuse has done to their lives. When they are adults, with fully developed consciousness then they can forgive or not forgive. There is no evidence that child abusers can change their desires or habits. They must be kept away from children forever. Your servant, Sri Rama das [sri_rama (AT) earthlink (DOT) net]or [srirama.ACBSP (AT) com (DOT) bbt.se] [Text 1606319 from COM] > > > And I think that we should be careful to "forgive" too fast offenses done to defenseless people > > > > We usually forgive, if the offender comes with a repentant heart asking for forgiveness. > > If an offender who has sexually abused a child comes asking the abused for forgiveness, it is up to the child to forgive or not. What I say, is that WE often forgive the offender, even if the child or children did not, just because the offender has an "important" position, and just because the offender acts humbly towards US. That is what I meant. > > important point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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