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The canon, who did not sign the Covenant and wears no olive branch ("I'm not a hypocrite," he said), started the Boston Urban Coalition with other Episcopalians who wish to approach the issues of the Covenant from a different perspective. "You could say that on one level, the problem...
No one from the Covenant steering committee was available to comment on Rodman's charge, but Mauzy said committee members are approaching business leaders, sports figures, and private individuals for help in carrying out the Covenant's goals.
The people most regularly involved with the Covenant also have full time pastoral or administrative duties and were unavailable for comment. The steering committee, which consists of Humberto Cardinal Medeiros of the Roman Catholic archdiocese, Bishop Edward G. Carroll of the United Methodist Church, Rabbi Herman Blumberg of the American...
Luster maintains faith that the Covenant will succeed, even if it takes a very long time. "I don't see it as failing, because I've seen a few times when the Covenant has helped people do right and not feel bad about doing right. It was an opportunity to...
If there is disappointment surrounding the Covenant, Luster blames the people who expected it to do too much. "I think people assumed the Covenant was going to be a Band-Aid for a multiplicity of evils," he said. "A covenant is a contract, a vow between a supreme being and...