William P. Leahy Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

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

“By no means do I anticipate screening those who come on to campus... And I have no difficulty if a bishop across the country or some local pastor may say that's not Catholic teaching - that's fine.”

“No organization, whether it's police or physicians or whatever, wants to have its errors held up to the light of day, but it's wrong, as is coming out so well.”

“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.”

“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.”