The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

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 church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.

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.

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

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

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