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Acts 7, NASB
59 They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"
60 Then falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" Having said this, he fell asleep. [Emphasis added]

 

And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God; Dan 9:20

 

Here is the quote:

"to personally ask for forgiveness for the damage they have done for having sexually abused children"

As the head of this organization, I believe that it is appropriate for him to ask others for forgiveness. Not sure why this is an issue or even a question.

 

Dan 9:4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Dan 9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Dan 9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Dan 9:7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Dan 9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
Dan 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Dan 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Dan 9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

 

Then who is he asking not to "hold sin against them"? Surely you can't be claiming that is addressed to himself?

I agree, particularly with that last sentence.

I fail to see how this has any bearing on it whatsoever. You are not the leadership of the Canadian government, nor are you Catholic. Neither of these events, actual or hypothetical, affects you in any way.

 

There was a local pastor here in my immediate area who pastored this church for about 28 years. He was known for being one of the better expository preaching pastors and preached the word with authority. He was well liked for his preaching of the word even though he was a bit legalistic.

Anyways, he ended up falling into temptation and taking advantage of a thirteen year old girl's emotional condition, and they engaged in sexual situations on three occasions. He is now spending 7 years in sate prison. Where are all the Catholic priest child molesters spending time right now? Do you think the pope doesn't know who they are? Is the pope encouraging them to turn themselves in? Is the pope revealing to the authorities who they are? He should be pressing the authorities to make arrest!

 

Components of a Biblical prayer

From Nehemiah 1:1-11

Adoration – O Lord, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps our covenant of love.

Confession – I confess the sins of those in my community, including myself.

Laying claim to the promises of God – if you are unfaithful, I will scatter, but if you return to me and obey my commandments, I will gather in the chosen dwelling place.

Asking for help in the ministry of God – Give your servant success by granting him favor in the presence of this man.

Notice how central the community of believer is in the prayer, it is the community that is blessed by the covenant of love, it is not only I but the community who has gone astray, it is community that will be gathered, and my efforts are to help my community.

To often we ask God to fix a problem supernaturally, rather than lighting our path as we carry out His ministry. These sort of appeals for miracles are akin to testing God, something Jesus taught we should not do.

Thus I would say we can pray and confess not only our individual sins, but also confess the sins of our community, which would include various assemblies of worship. But then we should consider our course going forward, and ask for God's blessings on the steps needed to fix our ministry and the ministries of the community.

The lets appear to God's love and put this fiasco behind us approach does not address changing the behavior of ourselves or our community.

 

Show me where Pope Francis asked that prosecutions stop, in light of his seeking forgiveness.

He has not.

He has said in the past that the church has done more than anyone to root out the evil, yet the church continues to be attacked.

He is partially right, as the church's initial response was to attempt to hide the crimes, but has since become a dogged untangler of the evil web.

So tell me how your comparison is accurate, and tell me why his seeking forgiveness and expressing a wish that he could take the evil upon himself is unbiblical?

 

He fell no where.
He was a spiritual and sexual grievous wolf.
Read Jude.
Wake up.

 

He fell, being a "prophet" you should understand Christians are not sinless. Have you sinned lately? Like this week even? Maybe even this day?

I have.

 

Predators don't fall. They enter in to devour.
He preyed on a sheep from God's flock.
This wasn't a "fall".
David 'fell'

Mohammed was a pervert.

Joseph Smith was a pervert.

And this pastor was a pervert.

All three were religious leaders who had followers who believed in them.
All three preyed on children, using the access that their religious leadership position gave them.

 

You didn't answer either of my questions.