" upon hearing news that a terrible disaster has stricken a distant country, killing tens of thousands, concludes that those victims must necessarily have deserved such a fate "

This happens, but it's barely a thing.

I've never seen or heard of such a thing in real life, it's something you only hear about on CNN.

Services in mainline Churches don't really ever go into this kind of thing, the congregation would find it as wacky as you or I would.