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This is not vigilantism. A vigilante is someone who avenges someone else's distress. He was avenging his own distress. Big difference.
As far as whether I think it's OK, it depends on whether or not the system properly disposed of the situation. Some are fine with monetary compensation, obviously this man was not. Decades after the event, he was still troubled by this. His entire life was ruined because of this man. Since jail time wasn't possible due to the statute of limitations, I say the system fucked up. This reverend would have gotten a proper beating and raping had he been put in jail but instead the system allowed him to stay here in the outside where he was protected.
William Lynch was in the right.
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