Forgive and Forget

The recent murder of New York gynecologist and obstetrician Dr. Barnett Slepian, who performed abortions, isn’t all bad, according to Canada’s B.C. Catholic, the official newspaper of the archbishop of Vancouver. The murder has been linked to several similar shootings in Canada. Editor Paul Schratz wondered in an editorial, “How can anyone help but be pleased that murders of abortionists just might have some positive side effects?” He added that the fear that zealots shooting them in the back may cause some doctors to go into other fields of medicine “goes to show that our all-powerful and all-loving God can bring good from any evil situation.” (UPI) ...If we all went to church more often, perhaps we’d know about these loopholes and exceptions in the Ten Commandments.