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The University’s Catholic leaders say they have not focused on the effects of the scandal and the questions of priestly celibacy or the possible resignation of Cardinal Bernard F. Law ’53 because students have expressed little need for a discussion.
Apart from a discussion on the scandal that took place at the ARCO Forum late last month, which few Catholic Student Association (CSA) members attended, the CSA has not held any public discussion of the issue.
Harvard’s Catholic chaplains have said they believe the student population has reacted with much less concern than the wider Cambridge community, and CSA leaders have also said the scandal has not raised much concern among members.
Father Thomas E. Brennan, the Catholic chaplain of undergraduates, said he met with Catholic parents from Cambridge who were “very concerned” about the issues.
“I haven’t heard any Catholic students make a big deal about this,” he said. “As a member of the CSA steering committee, it’s come up in passing, but we haven’t really approached...