What are three reasons why Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of the lovers in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

It's important to remember thatis a 13-year-old girl when the play opens. She looks to
the Friar as a trusted and reliable source of guidance. When she shows up for her marriage, the
good Friar wastes no time:

Come, come with me, and we will
make short work,
For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone
Till Holy
Church incorporate two in one. (2.6.35€“37)

For a holy
man to guide a (very) young girl in deliberately disobeying her parents and to hide the truth
from them himself is not an example of providing wise (or holy) counsel.

also uses the couple as a pawn piece to bring about peace between the...