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	After the Sparring in 'Doubt': a Split Decision By Sue Merrell Grand Rapids Press January 4, 2007 http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grpress/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-1/1167925503264710.xml&coll=6 If a representative show of hands is any indication, Wednesday's audience for "Doubt" was nearly evenly divided among those who believed the nun was correct in her suspicions, those who defended the priest's innocence and those who still had doubts. Doubting once was considered wise, star Cherry Jones told about 150 audience members who attended a free reception and talkback after the performance. "Now doubt is considered weak. We're no longer able to deliberate, reason and make informed decisions," she said, because people are afraid to admit they don't know. One woman said she had been a victim of sexual abuse and saw the nun as a hero. "I wish there had been someone like that to stand up for me." But Patrick Collins, a retired priest who lives in Douglas and works with the Dominican Sisters at Marywood in Grand Rapids, said the play reminded him of being ordained in Peoria, Ill., in 1964. In those days, priests played soccer with kids and went camping and were more companions than they would dare to be in today's more suspicious world, he said. "A priest always has to be on guard," he said. "I worried that someone was going to tap me on the shoulder and accuse me of something I didn't do." Jones, who has performed the role of Sister Aloysius 550 times, said she has a great deal of respect for the character. "This shows the trickle-down effect of corruption at the top," Jones said. "If she could have trusted her superiors to take care of things, none of this would have happened."
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