In Jeremiah’s story (chapter 7), for example, we should have used much greater judgment as churches in proactively investigating child abuse accusations and removing pedophiles from the priesthood. The fact that, so often, priests were simply moved from one parish to another to protect the reputation of the church is a travesty. We abandoned the call to exercise judgment with one another. And the world God loves was hurt in the process. The church’s witness was hurt in the process. Jeremiah was hurt in the process.
