Social interaction,people with a bad history

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How am I meant to act as a good catholic around people who have been/still may be bad(evil)?There are a few known convicted pedophiles living in the community after having done time,everyone knows who they are.Some can be loud and agrivating,and I find myself holding my breath walking past,and looking the other way.I wish I didn’t have to be in their presence at all and try to avoid eye contact,being in the same grocery store etc.Sometimes I feel physically sick being near them
 
Be a Christian example for them and assume that they’re trying to better their lives
 
With sex offenders and some truly evil people, the only thing you can do is pray for them.

If you try befriending some of these really bad eggs, you’ll just end up getting abused one way or another.

Some people are so far gone only God can help them. I have to constantly remind my wife that Jesus is the Savior of humanity, not her. She’s very naive and only sees the best in people - the problem with that is if she didn’t have me to tell her “stay AWAY from that person, they are a horrendous human being”, she’d probably have been raped and murdered by now - literally.
 
If you don’t have an emotional attachment to the young ones then realize that whatever happens to them won’t affect you directly. Become a little numb to it, because their proximity to you doesn’t merit the loss of sleep. Sounds cruel but the world is a bad place and to ponder even a fraction of the world’s atrocities isn’t very beneficial to you. But certainly pray for the kids
 
Well, they were my kids being looked at not so long ago and I do know many of them so I do take it to heart.And I do hate being watched also.Instinctivly I hold my breath (yes there’s bad body odour ) but it’s more that there is an evilness about them.I wish I could treat them like everyone else,but it is very very hard
 
Make it clear to the pedophiles what the consequences of them laying a finger on your kids will be
 
Thanks, my kids are older now but they too have to interact with them as their customers at their workplaces
 
Pray for them, the pedos.
And pray for the kids.

Every time this thought goes through your mind.

But do not be naive enough to think nothing will happen again, but perhaps keep a watchful eye.
 
Remember that not all sex offenders on a list are created equal. Some of them can be as basic as a statutory rape conviction when the victim and the offender were relatively close in age. Not all states make such a distinction between these people and child molesters. To my knowledge the nature of the crime and location of the individual are publicly posted in most, if not all, states. I’d get to know who you are dealing with. These people also have spent their time, treat them as a human with the simple knowledge of watching their actions.
 
And for the ones that ocassionaly ‘go on holiday’ ?
court cases and time in correction again?These are men in their 60’s .There’s a smugness about them that’s creepy
 
Thanks for your replies 🙂 It’s something that I’ve got to work on for myself,to see them as Jesus does and pray for them.God bless.
 
If I were you I would warn my kids even if this means scaring them a bit and pray for the safety of my neighborhood more often.
As for interacting with them try not to attract their attention like staring at them or frowning at them.
 
There is a story from the Fathers of the desert. Three men went to visit the Abba Achilles. The first one asked him for a souvenir of his visit with him and the Abba refused. The second one asked him for a souvenir also. The Abba refused. The third one (who had a bad reputation) asked for a souvenir and the Abba gladly gave him one. When the others found out that the Abba gave this person a gift and not them they asked him about it. The Abba said that it was because of this persons reputation. If I refused him, the Abba said, “he would think that I had something against him because of his reputation.”
 
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