We
(the evangelical west) are living out the chaos initiated by the Reformation. Pat R. with his loose cannon underscores the worst case scenarios initiated by the exodus from Rome in the 16th century. There is no centralization of church/religion in the Protestant world. Consequently, when P.R. apologizes for being an idiot, he apologizes to no one in particular and is accountable for it to no one either.

Don't think that his crime and its irrevocable damage is an isolated case. From Benny Hinn's wife recommending a "holy ghost enema right up your . . . " to carpet time in Toronto to T.D. Jakes Arianism to K. Copeland's "You don't have a god in you, you are one. Pray to yourself because I'm in your self and you're in My self. We are one Spirit, saith the Lord." and on goes the list. (BTW, millionaires, all of them. I want Tetzel back).

But Jesus did say he would build his church. Maybe he is doing the building in the Eastern Orthodox Church.