Pan, thank you for your response. However, I think what you wrote could be interpreted as justifying the kidnapping. That is why I asked it as a question.

I don't know about the kidnappings in NYC and Boston, but I don't think it is apt. It is similar to when one tries to compare sex abuse by priests with sex abuse by teachers. One carries with it some kind of Divine authority. The other does not. 

I also see a problem when, regardless of circumstances, there seems to be a great reluctance to condemn such an action by the Church,  When you write "right or wrongly the child had been baptized" or considering the law at the time, I believes it reads as leaving open a lack of willingness to not hold the Church accountable. 

So, to clear things up, I am wondering if you would be willing to share what your thoughts are about what happen to this child and his family. I am horrified by it and think it is just another example of why the Church should not be given blind obedience.

John David