An article by David Quinn!
'I’ve noticed on Twitter and on the internet generally, defenders of David Norris saying that both he and Ezra Nawi should be forgiven and that it is un-Christian to do otherwise. And of course if David Norris is genuinely sorry over his part in this episode, and for his remarks concerning pederasty, then he should be forgiven.
And if Ezra Nawi is genuinely sorry for the statutory rape of a 15 year old, then he should be forgiven too.
But once against this call to forgive and forget in respect of Norris and Nawi demonstrates the liberal/left double standard at work. When a bishop says sorry for not bringing child abuse cases to the attention of the civil authorities, when has forgiveness ever been shown by the media, by the political establishment, by those now calling for forgiveness to be extended to Norris and Nawi?
I am not aware of too much Christian forgiveness being displayed on those occasions. Instead, the media, the politicians etc try to outdo one another in their expressions of outrage and condemnation.
So why the call to forgive Norris and his former partner and the insistence on continuing to condemn a bishop even he has said sorry, and even resigned? Can someone please explain why this is not a double standard?
It is easy to forgive someone you like. It is much harder to forgive someone you dislike. Let us see if the same forgiveness we are being asked to show David Norris and Ezra Nawi is also extended to the bishops who did not do as they should have done when child abuse cases were made known to them.
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