Respect is something earned, no one has a divine right to it. It is dangerous for any person to be respected because of their position, especially religious workers or politicians.

Nurses I hold in the highest esteem, they do the caring, the hard yards.

Priests and politicians - well, they have their dogma, but are they in there mopping the floors and disinfecting their hands after wiping bums?

Too many decisions are made for the wrong reasons, and whenever people are shocked, self righteous or finger pointing, then its not about finding an ethical way, its about creating followers, a dangerous thing.

I'm with Bobert.