POZNAN (POLAND)
Agence France Presse via France 24
Women should play a greater role in the training of priests to fight the child abuse “crisis” that has engulfed the Catholic Church, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet has said.
More must be done within the church to tackle the root causes of the latest wave of global abuse scandals to rock the institution, said Ouellet, the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
“We would need participation of more women in (training) of priests,” he told reporters on Saturday on the sidelines of a meeting in the Polish city of Poznan.
Better care must be taken when choosing bishops, he said, adding that more women should select candidates for priesthood and assess their suitability for the job.
His comments at the four-day assembly of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe come amid a slew of devastating assault allegations spanning several continents.
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