“What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teach...” — William P. Leahy Quote

“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?”

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

“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.”

“The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe.”

“The church is in the hope business.”

“I grew up in church, and I have a wonderful family that always supported that.”