truth. reporter: sister marlene hopes that s true, but there is no turning back. i don t think that that happens in any kind of living organization. god doesn t turn the church, doesn t turn creation in opposite directions. in other words, there is no turning back the clock for american nuns. i was just reading through some of the blog comments that we got in earlier this morning. cnn.com/amfix if you would like to comment on this story. and drew and kiran, many interesting comments are coming in as usual. this from peter. is this just a ploy to divert attention from the problem priests have? should that questionnaire been sent to the priests? perhaps the church should start focusing on bringing back its block. as a young practicing catholic woman, i support the church in the investigation of religious sisters. it should not be taken defensively as if the church assumes religious women are doing something wrong, but rather it should comfort
conversing in search of the truth. reporter: sister marlene hopes that s true, but there is no turning back. i don t think that that happens in any kind of living organism. god doesn t turn the church, doesn t turn creation in opposite directions. in other words, there is no turning back the clock for american nuns. our cnn analyst john allen tells us he expects the investigations will wrap up by december. and adds if the vatican wants the nuns to return to conservative lives, they should be patient. because young women who are considering sister hood are more conservative than their elders. and willing to return to wearing habits, although, convents, not so much. what is the fallout if anything in boycotting all or part of the questionnaire you were referring to? you know, we don t know. everything surrounding these