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

The challenge for the church is how do we have unity about basic beliefs and yet respect individual differences.

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

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.

Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but that's how it is.

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.