VATICAN CITY
Sault Star (Canada)
VATICAN CITY– The Roman Catholic Church must strengthen safeguards against any further sexual abuse of children by its clergy, a Canadian bishop said in a speech to hundreds of his peers at a Vatican conference.
Bishop Brian Joseph Dunn, who was auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Sault Ste. Marie for a year, also said the the role of women in the Church also needs to be expanded.
In his address to the Synod of Bishops, convened to discuss how to battle dwindling numbers of practising Catholics in the face of growing secularisation and dissent against its teachings, Dunn called on the Church to “become more authentic in our contemporary world.”
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