These attacks on visitors and residents are horrible. Law enforcement and the courts MUST work to increase the penalties making them severe. I fully agree with the previous comment that spoke to us as a country being inundated with lawlessness. Each person must look inside themselves and within their sphere of influence and address lawlessness. It is sad to watch white collar crimes go unpunished and in many cases whistle blowers being victimized and punished instead of the criminals. There are several individuals that occupy high office and positions of influence in this country who "look the other way" while their relatives, friends, lodge brothers, fraternity brothers, church friends and sweethearts act lawlessly. Only when we address crime and lawlessness regardless of who the offender(s) are will we see a change. God help this country!

This situation speaks to a general lack of leadership and much worse, a display of a most "un-Christian-like" attitude by the ACEA and Anglican Bishop. Even Pontius Pilot sought to offer Jesus a "fair trial" and some sort of justice when the "then" church leaders/high priest sought to "railroad" him. This situation at St. Johns reminds me of that same arrogance and self righteousness. A proper review of all of the facts and a bent toward fairness, kindness, forgiveness and communion by a church leader could have resulted in the dissipation of the situation. Instead his authoritarian and abusive posture evoked a most defensive reaction of disbelief and outrage.

The (individuals) students that would have offended the School and Church with their actions should have been punished. And even then, the punishment should have been in a manner that preserved dignity of those young people. It was a teaching moment for the church and school and they missed it. Under no circumstances should the innocent be punished for the guilty, this robs one of a sense of self and the knowledge that if "I" do the right thing and abide by the "law" that same law will protect me from "lawlessness" at the hands of anyone (regardless of the office that they may hold).

I may be "out on a limb" here but I feel that Bishop Gomez would have handled this better, I am not an Anglican but from my observations he comes across as more rational individual. I hope that someone reading this can mention to Bishop Gomez that "blessed are the peacemakers" and perhaps he may want to reach out to the parents and students and offer to broker not only a "non-legal" solution but more importantly healing.