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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…