""I think there is good reason to explore the principles of restorative justice, requiring the offender explore the possibility of requiring the offender to work to make the victim whole again.""

That is exactly where I suggested (in earlier discussions) where the RC church failed with the priest sex abuse cases, Joe. Because of that failure, nd frustration from the victims, they paid faced a significent financial cost.

I seem to recall you "sluffed off" this suggestion (related to the RC failures to show compassion for healing the victims)( when I raised it, Joe. My recollection, is you were focused on bitterness that members of the church had to pay the financial costs for crimes, which took money from other initiatives.

While the direct offenders were the priests, the RC organization (and its members) also bore responsibility fir the offences as an enabler. There was no interest shown in the RC church to explore opportunities to make the victims whole again.