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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, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice. ”

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

You know how the church has been hit so hard by the sexual misconduct by clergy, and what's that's done to Catholics, especially here in Boston but elsewhere as well. ”

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. ”

This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community. ”

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

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

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