Health – that is not the case with this Posek, who came to the same conclusion years earlier about a relative of this accused who also ultimately admitted to his crimes.
It seems that the underlying issue is that this manhig found it inconceivable that someone in our machne could possibly do such heinous things. Therefore everything that followed against him – even his own admission, must be a lie. And Nothing the outside world touches, even its officers charged to protect children, could ever be acceptable or appropriate in any way at any time, so dealing with the authorities is also a terrible transgression, and so now the “lying” parents of the victim are compounding their transgression by being mosrim.
If one actually travels down the path of this convoluted, twisted logic, it makes sense to write the letter that was written, and take the position against the victim and for the perpetrator.
But to quote half of a phrase from the malachei hashores, “Zo Torah?” Is it really?
I hate to say it, but the mental gymnastics I described above are not uncommon, both among balabatim and manhigim. IS it a sustainable approach to problem solving?