Srila Prabhupada - "It is not for you to judge who is guilty and who is innocent, only Krishna knows the heart of His disciple and how much they are trying to be Krishna conscious. Do not judge others, leave that up to Krishna because He knows all, you do not".

Many present day (2020) immature pioneering leaders now in their 60s and 70s, and "finger pointing" judgemental devotees, should understand this comment by Srila Prabhupada about criticizing devotees, still not understood by many 46 years after he made this comment.

During a Srila Prabhupada's lecture in 1974, a devotee asked him a question -

"If a devotee is initiated as a brahmana and he leaves the Krishna consciousness Movement, then isn't it appropriate that if he wants to come back, that he should be reduced to the level of a sudra ....?"

This devotee was concerned about this subject and wanted a practicle application but Srila Prabhupada cut him off quite abruptly said,

"It is not for you to judge who is guilty and who is innocent." 

Then this devotee tried again, almost as if he wanted his condemnation of a fallen devotee, justified.

So he re-phrased and re-presented his question because he may have thought Srila Prabhupada did not understood his question, so he tried again to explain his point again that when someone leaves ISKCON, shouldn't that devotee be put in a lower position and then work their way back up.

He began to speak, but Srila Prabhupada again abruptly cut him off, not at all happy with what his judgemental arrogent conclusions that he was trying to justify.

Srila Prabhupada STRONGLY explained that ONLY the spiritual master knows who is actually guilty and who is innocent and knows the heart of his disciple. 

These comments by Srila Prabhupada greatly impressed the devotees who were there that clearly we CANNOT see the true character of a devotee by looking from the outside.

Srila Prabhupada - "What are a devotee's intentions and motives? We cannot see that, therefore we cannot judge them or degrade them for their offenses or their faults, only the Spiritual Master can do that".

Reference: Translated from Srila Prabhupada's – A Chronological Series