William P. Leahy
William P. Leahy
William P. Leahy, SJis 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 the Society of Jesus in 1967, and is a member of the Jesuits' Wisconsin province. Leahy earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a master's degree in United States history at Saint Louis University in 1972 and 1975, respectively. He then began studies at the Jesuit School of Theology at...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
perspective feelings together
The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.
trying culture entity
We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.
church-today spirit deserted
The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.
church may celibacy
The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.
talking issues people
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.
church deal hierarchy lay maybe men regard understand viewpoint women
What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teaching, but also maybe help the church understand the viewpoint of lay men and women about what they want in regard to priests, or how do they want the hierarchy to deal with them?
elsewhere hard hit sexual
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.