While I certainly agree with your account of their words, those people are notorious for making excuses about their own situation. People outside the clique? Their fault and they deserve it. Inside the clique? Just a mistake, fell in with the wrong people, followed the wrong path, was tricked by Satan, etc. Just go to church on an off day, say you’re sorry, and spam God with a dozen prayers.

I’m morbidly curious if priests will [selectively] report abortions. They obviously stand on their pulpit claiming one thing about sinning, but they also have to uphold the Christian ability to repent for any sin at any time. Admitting some sins are unforgivable would literally be worse than death, as that’d mean being irreversible condemned to an eternity in hell. Can’t be having that, right? That’d lose followers! I guess there’s loopholes about not being responsible for life on Earth. But this is the root of their defense about not reporting CSAM to legal authorities.