 Allen says the church has been dealing with dissent for centuries, often quietly, but that today it knows that it needs to deal with crises publicly as they arise, hence the press conferences and public comments about the poor Claire's case. Though there's no indication that this Spanish rebellion is gathering adherents elsewhere, there have been other schisms in history that started out small. One spawned the Eastern Orthodox Church, another Protestantism. For The World, I'm Jerry Haddon, Barcelona.