AUSTRALIA
The Standard
CLARE QUIRK
17 Jul, 2012
IN the wake of the sex abuse scandal engulfing the Catholic church, the leader of a progressive network of priests says the church must be open to change if it is going to survive.
More than 160 members of the National Council of Priests of Australia arrived in Warrnambool yesterday for their four-day national convention.
Council chairman Father Eugene McKinnon, of Donald, said all Catholics felt the pain, hurt and mistrust of the sex abuse scandal.
“We have tremendous sympathy for the victims and we struggle to comprehend the hurt that they feel,” he said.
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