Forgiveness possible?

This past week, Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas had one of their associate pastors get arrested in a sex sting operation.

It truly is a tragedy to see something like this happen. It affects a lot of people, starting with his wife. Yes. He is married.  

Then there are the countless singles who he was over. Then there are the families of kids and teens who have to try to 

keep their thoughts straight that they had nothing to fear.....we hope.

Joe Barron, by law of the United States of America, committed a felony. Will those in his church forgive him? Will they treat

him as a vagabond? Will they talk about how upright their church is and that no one else in their church would do such a thing?

Or will they look around and say, "that could have been you". Will they say, "Lets work to help them work out their problems, because we are all sinners". Or is this too close to home in this politically correct day and time, so they must reject any counseling for this man and his wife and those affected.

I have no idea what Prestonwood has done, except for what I've seen on their site. Credibility is hard to gain back from those who feel they have been let down. I'm not sure what my church would do either. Its a stunning event. A video doesn't tell what the church will do to help everyone affected.

But one thing I know. Sin is a very damaging. Some don't hurt others as much as it hurts ourselves. Been then there are those sins that truly damage many.