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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.