BU Today Interviews Dean Moore and DMin Student Father Jordan Lenaghan (STH’21)

Teaching Theology amid Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Scandals

A candid conversation with STH Dean Moore and Father Jordan Lenaghan (STH’21)

How exactly should professors of theology talk with students who are pursuing a career and a life rooted in religion and faith about another round of sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church? That’s a question Mary Elizabeth Moore, dean of BU’s School of Theology and a professor of theology and education, and Dominican Order Catholic priest Father Jordan Lenaghan (STH’21), the executive director of university religious life at Quinnipiac University, who is enrolled in the STH doctoral ministry program, acknowledge that they are grappling with.

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