VATICAN CITY
Vatican Insider
In his speech at the Synod today, Canadian bishop Brian Joseph Dunn endorsed “appropriate changes in some structures of the church” and a “deliberate and systematic involvement of women”
Vatican Insider staff
Rome
The theme of this morning’s session of the Synod on the new evangelisation which is underway in the Vatican was the issue of clerical sex abuse against minors.
“How can we evangelize those who have been deeply hurt by men of the church involved in sexual abuse?” asked Canadian bishop Brian Joseph Dunn of Antigonish in Canada. “Jesus took care of the disillusioned , listening carefully to the disciples’ stories, restoring in them a new awareness of his presence. Jesus’ example shows that the new evangelisation which is taking place right in the midst of the sex abuse crisis, is carried out in at least four different ways.”
Firstly, “providing a real opportunity for people’s stories to be listened to and for a common discernment, in order to understand the depth of the pain, hatred and disillusionment triggered by this scandal. This ministry of listening could become part of the ministry of every diocese, in the form of a meditation office, where people can express their pain and search for an “ideal form of reconciliation.”
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