I believe that people are responsible for their actions, no exception, but no one can tell me that his father beating him had nothing to do with his bizarre behavior.
Didn't some old bishop say"give me the boy until he is seven and I will control the man'?Many of our beliefs,right and wrong,are instilled at the early ages,which is why,among others,the government is so determined to get all children in mandatory preschool,kindegarten,etc.
It is difficult to break free of the chains forged in our childhood.