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<FONT FACE="Verdana">Doug,<BR>
The aphorism about sucking and blowing could be applied to you as well. During the same period of time in which you kept a veil of secrecy around the Sitler matter, even from your own congregation, you felt the need to make public the names and relevant details of a moral failure involving local persons not even in attendance at your church. Your public exposure of the matter included broadly circulated letters and announcements from the pulpit. Your concern for the broader Christian community trumped any sensitivities of the families involved, even though the adults involved were repentant, and represented no danger to anyone. In the Sitler matter, your priorities are reversed, that is, your perception of the needs of a family (families?) trump all other considerations, such as notifying your church in order to identify other victims. So from your own history, handling these matters involves a series of judgment calls, and it’s your judgment that’s being questioned here, not your sanity or basic dignity of a man made in the image of God. Please extend that courtesy to Michael.<BR>
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Terry and Linda Morin<BR>
1232 Tamarack Drive<BR>
Moscow, ID 83843<BR>
208.882.6251<BR>
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