Zero tolerance as a term in civil law is often associated with unfair mandatory sentences.  But even where there are no mandatory sentences, there are expectations in the community that amount to zero tolerance. These may vary from place to place, but if you kill someone while driving drunk, you will go to jail. If you are convicted of murder, you will not be given a bond. Canon law also has zero tolerances. A person who procures an abortion is automatically excommunicated. In the secular professional field, zero tolerance is practiced for lawyers who steal money, doctors who sexually abuse sedated patients and teachers who sexually abuse pupils. They are permanently deregistered. Archbishop Coleridge told the Royal Commission that he requested Pope Francis to dismiss 6 priests who had served prison terms for child sexual abuse. Pope Francis only agreed to dismiss one. If  he does not believe in zero tolerance for clergy sexual abusers, why does he keep claiming that he practices it?