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.

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members.

We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities.

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.

The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.

No organization, whether it's police or physicians or whatever, wants to have its errors held up to the light of day, but it's wrong, as is coming out so well.

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