On CNN this morning, I watched a video clip about a new documentary called Deliver Us From Evil. What makes this film different is that the main subject, former Catholic Priest O'Grady, and admitted pedophile, speaks out for himself.
He blames, in turn, his parents, the church, and the parents of the kids he abused for giving him opportunities to continue in his sin.
His tendency to point his finger at others for his own heinous sins is not at all new. Wasn't that what Adam and Eve did when they committed the very first sin?
"She made me do it."
"But the snake said..."
Sin is ugly. But wouldn't it be better if we all admitted when we did something wrong, if we sought forgiveness instead of absolution, if we poured our energy into repentance instead of making excuses?
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