Meet JP II, The Pope Of Social Justice

Oakes, I have to tell you, life is much improved once this person is relegated to the sidelines.
He no longer has any impact beyond minor, occasional annoyance in our lives, and it is much better that way. Of course, this is only so because except for a tiny expectation of divine intervention, which we hope for, we have given up on things inside the church. We have an adjusted expectation about things now. His days of dragging us over coals are over. He can do whatever he wants, all of them can, it has become almost irrelevant. We can still be disgusted, but no more angst. We’ve come to acceptance, after going through 7 years of various stages. He is an odious figure, to be sure. It is not good to be in a co-dependent relationship of any kind with people who inflict unhealthy stuff on you. He had to go.