Fr. Ronald Tacelli, S.J. And Fr. Patrick Ryan, S.J. Said, "No"

The statue of St. Ignatius at Boston College

Students Christopher Canniff and Ethan Mack, editors of The Observer at Boston College, wrote an open letter to Fr. William Leahy, S.J., president of Boston College, asking him to reconsider the production of the Vagina Monologues. The editors wrote:

Two points of particular concern to us, among the very many problematic components of the play, are (1) the radical reduction of the female person to her sexual organs and (2) the lauding of the statutory rape of a sixteen-year-old girl as not simply good, but in fact salvific and heavenly for her. In the light of recent Church history, it is incomprehensible how a play that praises sexual intercourse involving a minor can be permitted to continue on this campus.

An online petition supporting the discontinuation of the annual production was signed by nine faculty members, including many in both the theology and philosophy departments, and a couple dozen students and alumni. The effort also received the public support of Archbishop Timothy Broglio, Archbishop for Military Services, and a 1973 graduate of Boston College.

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  The following persons support the discontinuation of the annual productions of The Vagina Monologues. (listed in alphabetical order)
Faculty:

1. Stephen Brown – Professor of Theology
2. M.J. Connolly – Chairman of the Department of Slavic & Eastern Languages
3. Jorge Garcia – Professor of Philosophy
4. Peter Kreeft – Professor of Philosophy
5. Paul Mariani – University Professor of English
6. Francis McLaughlin – Associate Professor of Economics
7. Rev. Patrick Ryan, SJ – Associate Professor Emeritus of Theology
8. Margaret Schatkin – Associate Professor of Theology
9. Rev. Ronald Tacelli, SJ – Associate Professor of Philosophy

Students & Alumni:

1. Patrick Angiolillo – A&S ‘14
2. Margo Borders – A&S ‘16
3. Most Rev. Timothy Broglio, Archbishop for Military Services USA – A&S ‘73
4. Dave Campo – A&S ’14
5. Dana Cassidy – CSON ‘16
6. Jay Chin – A&S ‘15
7. Katelyn Conroy – A&S ‘14
8. Gael T. Daly – NCSH ‘61
9. Timothy B. Daly – A&S ‘60; Law ‘64
10. Michael Emala – GA&S ‘13
11. Gjergji Evangjeli – A&S ‘14
12. Tim Gavin – A&S ‘98
13. Mark Hertenstein – A&S ‘14
14. Paul Hillen – CSOM ‘15
15. Donato Infante III – A&S ‘09; GA&S ‘11
16. Gabriella Karina – A&S ‘13
17. Chris Klotsche – CSOM ‘16
18. Alex Marsland – A&S ‘14
19. Katie Martin – A&S ‘15
20. Patrick McGervey – A&S ‘15
21. John O’Shea – A&S ‘13
22. Jonathan Petersen – CSOM ‘12
23. David Raminski – A&S ‘13
24. Katie Rich – A&S ‘15
25. Nathaniel Sanders – A&S ‘13
26. Peter Sheridan – A&S ‘16
27. Christy Tran – CSON ’12
28. Peter Vadala – MBA ‘14

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