There are no immediate plans for the Catholic Diocese of Dunedin to follow in Wellington’s footsteps by asking priests to fast to atone for historic sexual abuse by clergy.
It was reported yesterday priests in the Wellington region were spending the day praying and fasting to atone for clerical sexual abuse. The gesture followed a letter from Pope Francis in August, in which he asked all Catholics to fast and pray in order that their ears might be opened to the "hushed pain felt by children and young people" as a result of clerical abuse, RNZ reported.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/insight/communities-respond-abuse-dunedin-opted-%E2%80%98prayer-and-penance%E2%80%99
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/insight/communities-respond-abuse-dunedin-opted-%E2%80%98prayer-and-penance%E2%80%99
