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
issues catholic discussion
We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities.
college roots boston
What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.
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.
spirit
I am very confident that the Spirit is with us.
church-today spirit deserted
The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today.
trying culture entity
We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.
light organization errors
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.
divorce issues rights
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.
thinking issues people
I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way.
church may celibacy
The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.
forgiveness errors hierarchy
I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members.
perspective feelings together
The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.