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"I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members."
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"If God forgave you, then forget your past and renounce it."

"Through forgiveness you can be free of the tragedies and pain in other people's failures."

"When you forgive everyone, you have no one to fight."

"It is gracious to overlook an offence."

"Forgiveness is the best gift of love and kindness that we can give to our enemies."

"You are so much more than your mistakes."

"Forgiveness reveals the ultimate beauty of life."

"When you forgive your enemy, you may no longer have one."

"Forgiveness heals all wounds and make you healthy."
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"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?"


"The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better."


"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."


"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."
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