Interesting post. How about the children of a parent who has been convicted of some sinful crime? Public act? Scandal? Does it have to be a continuing sin as opposed to a one-time sin in the past?
Hi Biker,
Most crimes are past deeds and not continuing. The punishment has been executed by the secular society usually and therefore not scandalous.
Continuing criminality or sinfullnes are another matter. Then scandal comes into play and the modeling and scandalous lack of love by Christians who look the other way becomes an issue.
I grew up in a city where the Mafia had a large presence and the Catholic schools gave great scandal when they let the kids go to school. Again, few people wanted their kids hanging around that element and I personally saw lives destroyed when girls dated the Mafia sons.
Truth spoken and lived in love will save us.