I didn't want to see her because it would make me feel better. I came because without her, it's hard to remember who I am.

Forgiveness is spiritual. Punishment is legal," Leo says. "They're not mutually exclusive.

Many trees have died so that the Catholic Church can preach against homosexuality.

What if what you know isn’t what people want to hear?

It was a catch-22: If you didn’t put the trauma behind you, you couldn’t move on. But if you did put the trauma behind you, you willingly gave up your claim to the person you were before it happened.

It just goes to show you: you can put nine insane miles between you and another person. You can make a vow to never speak his name. You can surgically remove someone from your life. And still, he'll haunt you.

Bad is not an absolute, but a relative term. Ask the robber who used the cash he stole to feed his infant; the rapist who was sexually abused as a child; the kidnapper who truly believed he was saving a life. And just because you break the law doesn't mean you have intentionally crossed the line into evil. Sometimes the line creeps up on you, and before you know it, you're standing on the other side.