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Abducted B.C. boy's parents forgive suspect (video at website)
CBC News ^
| 10/07/2011
| CBC NEws
Posted on 10/08/2011 3:13:26 PM PDT by Dallas59
The parents of the young boy who was snatched from his home in Sparwood, B.C., last month say they met with the man charged with kidnapping their son — and they have forgiven him.
Paul and Tammy Hebert woke up on Sept. 7 to discover their three-year-old son Kienan missing from his bed in the family home.
The disappearance sparked a massive manhunt spanning two provinces for Randall Peter Hopley, 46, a local resident with a long criminal history that already included one failed attempt at child abduction.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: kidnapping; pedophile; pervert
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posted on
10/08/2011 3:13:29 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: Dallas59
In the same situation, I might have considered forgiving the perp -- provided he asked for forgiveness; after serving a very lengthy period of penance, behind bars.
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Forgiveness may be the right thing for an individual, or family, to do, but that shouldn’t mean the perp doesn’t face the law.
At least that how it should be.
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posted on
10/08/2011 3:22:08 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(Now that the field has narrowed, Cain is able.)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
And of course there’s not just the parents, how about the kid? And the other relatives and neighbors whom this crime set in a fearful hubbub?
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posted on
10/08/2011 3:29:01 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
To: Balding_Eagle
Forgivness doesn’t mean forgetting. He still needs to pay for his crimes.
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posted on
10/08/2011 3:33:20 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
10/08/2011 3:37:37 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(Now that the field has narrowed, Cain is able.)
To: Dallas59
I do not like these stories as too often; their appears an 'abuse' - or a misunderstanding - of forgiveness. Would hate too, that some perp-in-the-making might find this comforting.
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posted on
10/08/2011 4:28:22 PM PDT
by
cricket
(Let Freedom Ring. . .and Thank You, Steve Jobs...)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
I would never forgive him. If he wants forgiveness, pray to God. That is his business, not mine.
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posted on
10/08/2011 5:40:51 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(America is rapidly becoming a police state that East Germany could be proud of!)
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