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26 quotes by William P. Leahy

William P. Leahy, S.J. President of Boston College In office July 31, 1996 – Present Preceded by J. Donald Monan, S.J. Personal details Born Omaha, Nebraska Alma mater Saint Louis University, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Stanford University Religion Catholic William P. Leahy, SJ (born 1948) is the 25th President of Boston College, a post he has held since 1996. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and raised in Imogene, Iowa. He joined...
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The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

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

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The hierarchy shouldn't fear what we're doing.

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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... →

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

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

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Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's so limiting.

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I am very confident that the Spirit is with us.

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

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

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

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

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

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