I must agree with you, Susan, in that it would be quite difficult to overlook a transgression such as what happened to these boys at Penn State to my own son. It would be very difficult, in fact...but this is where Christ, I have found out, calls us to live for Him, not for our own hearts and/or minds.

One thing I have found out about grace for us as humans...especially in the area of forgiveness and mercy...is that often times this is a process for us to go through to get to where we are living in forgiveness of a transgression that has been done to us or others we care about. It's never an instaneous thing for us...we need to take things in steps to get to places of forgiveness. But it will never happen if we don't intentionally choose the path of forgiveness from the beginning, averting judgement.

It is very tricky territory to live in this manner, for the law does work for the world - but as Christians, we live (spiritually) beyond the law. It is always a game of balance in scenarios like this.