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" Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's so limiting. "
William P. Leahy
Church
Who
Understand
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" The hierarchy shouldn't fear what we're doing. "
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" What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teaching, but also maybe help the church understand the viewpoint of lay men and women about what they want in regard to priests, or how do they want the hierarchy to deal with them? "
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" The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better. "
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" By no means do I anticipate screening those who come on to campus... And I have no difficulty if a bishop across the country or some local pastor may say that's not Catholic teaching - that's fine. "
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" Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again. "
William P. Leahy
Talk
Trust
Accountability
" BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church - that's got to come out of the whole Catholic community. "
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Lead
Out
" I would be with those who say the hierarchy in the United States has badly mishandled this whole situation. "
William P. Leahy
Situation
Hierarchy
United States
" I think we can work through a lot of these issues. "
William P. Leahy
I Think
Issues
Think
" Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but that's how it is. "
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How
Bring
Church
" Individuals will speak their minds, which I think is healthy. "
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Healthy
Will
Think
" I am very confident that the Spirit is with us. "
William P. Leahy
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Spirit
I Am
" I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members. "
William P. Leahy
Judgment
Forgiveness
Say
" We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture. "
William P. Leahy
Meeting
Faith
Trying
" Others don't want to listen to viewpoints that members of the church have. "
William P. Leahy
Church
Want
Others
" This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community. "
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Opportunity
Community
Crisis
" I say let's respond as best we can to the victims and their families. "
William P. Leahy
Families
Victims
Say
" We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities. "
William P. Leahy
Always
Catholic
Discussion
" I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way. "
William P. Leahy
People
Faith
Abuse
" One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice. "
William P. Leahy
Justice
Face
Divorce
" As a university, we're not focused on bringing about huge reforms - that's not our role. "
William P. Leahy
Focused
University
Role
" You know how the church has been hit so hard by the sexual misconduct by clergy, and what's that's done to Catholics, especially here in Boston but elsewhere as well. "
William P. Leahy
Done
Boston
Church
" What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College. "
William P. Leahy
Catholic
Roots
College
" The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today. "
William P. Leahy
Spirit
Deserted
Church