Unless you believe that being religious is a psychological illness, I don't see the relevance.
That guy should be sent to forced mental treatment, not prison, if he was found to be mentally ill, like we do with all other mentally ill people. I don't see why people thinks that's somehow a lower punishment though, a being forced in a mental hospital is basically the same thing as a prison, except that it's tailored to the needs of the mentally ill, so that they get a shot at rehabilitation. Also, in a mental hospital you don't have a time limit. You stay there until you're healthy or die.
As I haven't heard anyone claim that these people are mentally ill, it's prison time for them. They killed their own child, that usually gets you around 10 years in prison. I don't see any any circumstances here that should reduce their sentence, so 10 years it is.
That being said though, I wouldn't object to their priests, etc taking some of the blame/punishment too.
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