https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2023/01/17/nz-catholic-response-to-synods-continental-stage-document-published/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:18:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2023/01/17/nz-catholic-response-to-synods-continental-stage-document-published/#comment-90381 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:18:26 +0000 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=26440#comment-90381 Women should never have been anything but equal in the church. Men are not more virtuous. Far from it. Would there have been the same level of sexual abuse of children if women were priests? The answer is No! The discrimination, abuse and pomposity of men in the church is intolerable for me as a woman. I cannot relate to the institution. There are no role models for modern women, certainly not the devalued nuns.

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