I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way.

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I think we can work through a lot of these issues.

I think we can work through a lot of these issues.

Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but...

Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but...

The hierarchy shouldn't fear what we're doing.

The hierarchy shouldn't fear what we're doing.

No organization, whether it's police or physicians or whatever, wants to have its errors held...

No organization, whether it's police or physicians or whatever, wants to have its errors held...

What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teaching, but also...

What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teaching, but also...

What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.

What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.

Individuals will speak their minds, which I think is healthy.

Individuals will speak their minds, which I think is healthy.

This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the...

This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the...

We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.

We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.

The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.

The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to...

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to...

BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead...

BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead...

I am very confident that the Spirit is with us.

I am very confident that the Spirit is with us.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's...

Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's...

I would be with those who say the hierarchy in the United States has badly...

I would be with those who say the hierarchy in the United States has badly...

The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.

The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.

Celibacy & dry spells are definitely not the same thing.

Celibacy & dry spells are definitely not the same thing.

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the...