It’s easier to talk about other countries’ atrocities than to look deeply at the blight of violence meted out on innocent children on a daily basis in our own country says the parish priest of Oamaru in the South Island of New Zealand.
In an opinion piece in the Otago Daily Times Fr Wayne Healey says we must all ask the question: “What are we doing to stop the war in our own country?”
Healey says that in his parish they are trying try to alleviate some of the poverty and hardship through their various groups and counselling services.
But he thinks that while this is also done by other churches, organisations and groups, “it appears to do little to stem the tide of domestic and child violence endemic in our country.”
He acknowledges a great deal done by Government agencies but asks is it enough?
Leading up to the forthcoming elections the top billing has been ”dirty politics by dirty means” and promises by all parties if they are elected he says
Healey has been a priest for 40 years and he has been the parish priest of Oamaru for the last eight.
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