I FIND the letter from Denise Crompton "Last Rites for this Child Killer" (November 20) to be very upsetting.

Her assertion that "in God's eyes some actions are unforgivable" implies that God's power to forgive is limited.

All Christians, as well as many people of other faiths, believe that God's power is without limit. He can forgive sins of any size or number when we are sorry for our sins. It appears that the priest who is conducting her funeral is convinced that Myra Hindley had repented.

The continued vilification of this woman beyond death is distasteful and, I believe, wrong. People who have strayed furthest from God are the ones most in need of our prayers. The Church is for sinners. They are the people for whom Christ died.

Anyone familiar with the Bible will know that "God hates the sin, but loves the sinner". No one is beyond redemption, not even Hindley, whose crimes were vile. It would be proper to pray for her and also to spare a thought and prayer for her elderly mother, who is blameless for the actions of her late daughter, but must have suffered a life of agony and self-questioning, as well as a life of pain every time her daughter was publicly reviled. She is a victim too.

Marlene L Butterfield

Hatfield Road

Bolton