Edited sentence: A common criticism (from both Christians and supporters of the US military) is that there was no sensible or realistic reason for the monastery's destruction  since the priest could easily have been captured and removed.Forcing the player to destroy the monastery in this way can be seen as a comment on the collateral damage caused by the US in contemporary conflicts such as Iraq.The developers of the Outfit made the controversial decision to require the player to destroy (either by shelling, burning, or knocking down with tanks) a monastery in order to kill a priest who was collaborating with the Nazis occupying France (end of Level 8)