William P. Leahy Quotations

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.

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

Others don't want to listen to viewpoints that members of the church have.

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

As a university, we're not focused on bringing about huge reforms - that's not our 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.

I would be with those who say the hierarchy in the United States has badly mishandled this whole situation.

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?

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

I say let's respond as best we can to the victims and their families.