Chapter 69: No one should act as advocate for another

Great care must be taken to avoid any tendency for one of the community to take the side of and try to protect another, even though they may be closely related through ties of blood.

(From Ch. 69 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)

When is the correct time to protect and advocate for another? When is the correct time to allow another to grow in the strength and wisdom of God?