Tim McDonald III says he's heard clergy cite the Bible to justify arming clergy and congregants.
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The Catholic Church has treatment facilities for clergy and former clergy accused of sexual abuse, Dorris noted.
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We spoke to several former clergy involved in the Clergy Project about how and why they abandoned their faith.
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General trust in clergy falling All Americans' trust in clergy -- Catholic and otherwise -- has been falling since 2012, Gallup says.
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Outside the clergy, a significant number of Bohras reject this position, Blank added, as do clergy in most other Muslim communities.
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While both oppose homosexuality, "the Catholic clergy tends to be less opposed to anti-discrimination statutes than the evangelical clergy," explains Corrales.
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Clergy controversy She made more headlines after posting selfies on her Instagram account with Mufti Abdul Qavi, a senior member of the clergy.
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Online forums and organizations like the Clergy Project, which offers anonymous support to religious clergy who no longer believe, positively impact people's lives.
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"We know very well that institutions who have celibate clergy and institutions that don't have celibate clergy both face this problem," he said.
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The Third Estate (the non-noble/non-clergy part of the assembly) then split from the nobles and clergy and demanded a written constitution.
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The survey doesn't ask specifically about Catholic or Protestant clergy, lumping them all together as "clergy," but it's reasonable to assume that Catholics were talking about Catholic clergy, Gallup says, particularly since there have been large drops in Catholics' views of clergy members' ethics several times over the past 20 years, each time after a new sexual abuse scandal in their church has come to light.
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Leading the number of clergy members accused is the Archdiocese of San Antonio -- the largest one in the state -- with 56 priests and other clergy listed.
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Celibate clergy and lay people can do what married clergy and laity cannot, but equally the married can serve Christ in ways that the celibate cannot.
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While it's quite possible that having women in the clergy would have instilled more accountability and sensitivity, child sexual abuse also happens in faiths with married clergy.
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Even those states that treat clergy members as mandated reporters still may not require reporting in circumstances where the information was gleaned through a "clergy-penitent" communication.
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For instance, clergy who officiate at same-sex weddings could receive a minimum one-year, unpaid suspension, and a second offense could result in removal from the clergy.
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The prison could bar all clergy from the execution room, he wrote, but it could not exclude clergy of some faiths while inviting others to kneel by the gurney.
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" On whether the church should change its rules on clergy celibacy "If it needs to change, it shouldn't be just because of that reason (the clergy sex abuse crisis).
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Suggestions included creating a handbook for members of the clergy on what to do when a sex abuse case emerges, and instructing all clergy to tell law enforcement about accusations.
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A traditionalist side opposed to gay marriage and the ordination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender clergy, and a progressive wing that will allow same-sex marriage and LGBT clergy.
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Behind Roberson's decision lies a debate raging among some African-American clergy — as well as white clergy — over whether they have an obligation to urge their congregants to take political action.
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But any churchgoer can lodge a complaint against openly LGBTQ clergy or LGBTQ allies, which then go before the Church's Judicial Council, which has defrocked several LGBTQ clergy in the past.
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THURSDAY • Top clergy in Rome tackle the abuse scandal.
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Józef Streżyński co-founded the Prezbyter society, which brings together former priests, priests who are considering leaving the clergy, nuns, and women who are in romantic relationships with members of the clergy.
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Only 2 percent of white evangelicals said they had heard members of their clergy voice support for Mr. Trump, while 3 percent said they had heard members of their clergy speak against him.
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Clergy sex abuse The Vatican has finally broken its silence on that explosive Pennsylvania grand jury report that detailed decades of sex abuse of children by clergy and cover-ups by church leaders.
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" Apparently, as a result, "Friends and clergy didn't believe me.
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Clergy learn a lot about the travails of the victims.
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Naturally, cloaked members of the clergy were also on horseback.
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Its past clientele has included students, clergy, activists and families.
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Many members of the lower clergy are new to congress.
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Would it make a difference if more clergy came out?
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The same applies to ministers or clergy of any religion.
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Subsequent revelations have implicated entertainers, clergy members and senior politicians.
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It was a wide array of faith leaders and clergy.
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The same is true of the clergy and religious people.
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Clergy members said they were expecting larger crowds than usual.
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The poor and undocumented were especially vulnerable, clergy members said.
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The clergy retreated to a "safe house" — a restaurant nearby.
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Clergy from other religious denominations also spoke during the service.
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Those were hollow words for five victims of clergy abuse.
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A second offense would result in removal from the clergy.
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Some clergy warn that the furore over the nomination actually conceals an attempt by monks from the smaller Dhammayuttika Nikiya, traditionally patronised by the elites, to keep down clergy from the larger Maha Nikaya.
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The Missouri attorney general will refer a dozen men who previously served as Roman Catholic clergy for potential criminal prosecution, his office announced on Friday after a yearlong statewide investigation into clergy sexual abuse.
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Sri Lanka is a predominantly Buddhist nation with an influential clergy.
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Trust in clerics and the clergy has never been so low.
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Now the ruling clergy are the subject of the merchants' wrath.
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He backed the church initiative, saying the clergy were independent mediators.
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She started questioning lawmakers, the clergy and anybody who would listen.
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Understanding that certain segments of society -- politicians, the press, clergy, etc.
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Prison guards, judges, clergy members and prosecutors wrote letters supporting him.
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First, they hope to purge the church of its gay clergy.
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The force began to work closely with clergy and the community.
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I bet those naysayers were vehemently against women becoming clergy too.
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Concerns regarding the UMC's stance on homosexuality go far beyond clergy.
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Several other states have launched their own investigations into Catholic clergy.
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As Christian clergy members, we place a high value on nonviolence.
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Mr. Mouline is a historian of the Saudi clergy and monarchy.
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But Trump wisely started meeting with clergy to hear their concerns.
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Over time, the Vatican approved most of these locally appointed clergy.
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Rev. Piotr Dzedzej: I have a friend who left the clergy.
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He visited clergy and revealed his fears in lectures and sermons.
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He met with fellow travelers in the clergy and among parishioners.
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The Curia often imports a bishop unknown to the local clergy.
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That's why it thrives among even the most assimilated clergy members.
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Same-sex relationships for clergy are sanctioned if they remain celibate.
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Black clergy preach a "spare the rod, spoil the child" gospel.
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The rule does not even prohibit clergy from endorsing a candidate.
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Clergy must possess a licentiate degree or PhD, the Vatican said.
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As long there are human clergy, there will be human problems.
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Religious orders represent about a third of all American Catholic clergy.
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The clergy has the clout, and motive, to frustrate his plans.
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Foundry's pastors have married same-sex couples and hired gay clergy.
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A government commission looking into child sexual abuse by the clergy had previously accused Cardinal Pell of mishandling sexual misconduct allegations against clergy members while he served as leader of the archdioceses of Melbourne and Sydney.
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Ms. Robert's realization that almost half the denomination's clergy are women led her, along with Delphine Bauer, a writer, to explore the lives of Sweden's female clergy 60 years after women were allowed to be ordained.
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At the St. Louis conference in February, the denomination decided that United Methodist churches and clergy could face removal if they did not affirm its stance against gay marriage and non-celibate LGBT clergy by 2021.
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It was celebrated by L.G.B.T. Methodists and their supporters as a way to buy time and avoid church discipline against more than 100 clergy and clergy candidates who came out as gay in advance of the conference.
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That includes helping church clergy across denominations in Kenya with housing support, treatment and counseling for clergy who had been suspended and rejected after speaking out for LGBT members of their communities or identifying as LGBT themselves.
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" Holderness added that clergy did not "fully address the abuse taking place.
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Gay and lesbian celebrities and clergy from liberal Christian groups voiced indignation.
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Mainline Protestant churches are splitting apart over issues such as gay clergy.
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The Erie Diocese released its own findings on clergy abuse in April.
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I mean you just had different clergy walking in, and that's it.
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Enlisting the support of Muslim clergy and thought leaders is vitally important.
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Activists had called on black officials and clergy to boycott the event.
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Groups that track sexual abuse by the clergy rallied to his defense.
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Unfortunately there have been plenty of Christian clergy who exemplify that point.
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Francis appointed Barros a bishop despite objections from local clergy and laity.
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The clergy has become more careful about publicly criticizing the ruling family.
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Every sixth case involved rape and at least 1,670 clergy were involved.
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A fifth province will release its list of abusive clergy in January.
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Ortega, in his anniversary speech, blamed the clergy for coöperating with protesters.
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"Women reported they spoke with friends and family and clergy," Morris says.
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The Vatican has taken steps to root out some offending clergy members.
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Nearly 70 clergy and lay people are under investigation, including three bishops.
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Several states have added financial services employees and clergy to the list.
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Troy DeCohen, a pastor who leads the United Black Clergy of Westchester.
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"Our clergy is rather conservative; not many usually come out," he said.
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It zealously policed depictions of romance, crime, law enforcement and the clergy.
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"I find his reverence for clergy very old-school," Mr. Scott said.
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Train clergy members and doctors to recognize and respond to domestic violence.
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It will happen only when the clergy and laity alike demand it.
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She suggested sexual assault survivors work with medical professionals, counselors and clergy.
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"The clergy aren't siding with the people," says a protester in Basra.
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Jenean Hampton joined other politicians, clergy, family members of victims and residents.
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No neo-Nazis were there: It was only counterprotesters, clergy and volunteers.
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It faces claims from an estimated 0003 victims of clergy sexual abuse.
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Police reports of rape by clergy husbands piled up on my desk.
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Black clergy do not advocate for suppressing the freedom of other groups.
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He was allowed to visit with the clergy, family, friends and lawyers.
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I know other religions with married clergy members have sex scandals, too.
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It just means this bill would let clergy personally ignore this right.
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Clergy have blocked one of entrances to Emancipation Park #DefemdCVille #CvilleClergyCall pic.twitter.
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Anne Barrett-Doyle of the U.S.-based clergy abuse tracking group bishopaccountability.
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As the reckoning of both #MeToo and clergy abuse scandals widen, the prospect of opening up statute of limitations laws could be financially catastrophic for the Church and further expose the scope of the clergy sex abuse crisis.
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Some members of the clergy are hoping to change that, though, and according to the Telegraph, clergy members with the Church of England have plans to lobby members of Parliament for better regulation of the UK funeral industry.
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Given the state of our country and world, we are witnessing dangerous currents and moods; and the job of the clergy, especially clergy of Congress is to remind the country's lawmakers that there really is "plenty good room".
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"The right of a condemned person to the comfort of clergy -- and the rights of clergy to comfort the condemned -- are among the longest-standing and most well-recognized forms of religious exercise known to civilization," he wrote.
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Other bishops have allegedly covered up the sins and crimes of other clergy.
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Are you guys still planning to release the Metal Clergy collaborative album together?
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We've taken some time with our personal careers, but Metal Clergy is coming.
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Most of the accused clergy were predominantly ordained sometime from 1950 to 1969.
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Perhaps half of all Chinese Catholics attend masses celebrated by these "underground" clergy.
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Clerical (as in clergy, in addition to documentation and administrative tasks) team warranted.
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But it quietly liaises with both Hong Kong and mainland clergy and missionaries.
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Yet voters, and their representatives, also have to contend with the ruling clergy.
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Unlike Khomeini, most of Iran's Shiite clerics were quietist and opposed politicized clergy.
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Her clients may all be clergy members, but they are not all saints.
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Allegations of rampant sexual abuse in the clergy have surfaced for many years.
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Twenty clergy from various traditions were arrested while praying at the Portland, Ore.
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Less than one week later 111 clergy came out through an open letter.
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First are "ternary" societies divided into functional classes — clergy, nobility and everyone else.
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This represented about 21960 percent of active American Catholic clergy during that time.
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Meanwhile, clergy are less likely to talk about politics in politically divided congregations.
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Still, it's possible to find a more liberal outlook among the region's clergy.
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It also applies to clergy members who create, possess or use child pornography.
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A betrayal by the clergy is much like that of an adulterous spouse.
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When each incumbent bishop reaches retirement, his own clergy can elect his successor.
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The family, flanked by lawyers, activists and clergy members, listened to the Rev.
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In 2013, a mob led by Orthodox clergy chased and attacked L.G.B.T. activists.
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Government employees, nonprofit workers and clergy attended the event, according to the Times.
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The government evicted many clergy members once before, in 2001, but people returned.
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We want to hear about the best of them, from congregants and clergy.
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The current United Methodist Church will allow same-sex weddings and gay clergy.
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The fact is human clergy members do so much more than provide answers.
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While they gay clergy could be removed from ministry, church trials are rare.
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Of the claims processed so far, none involve active clergy, Vaskov tells CNN.
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Clergy members are more likely to know about abuse than teachers or doctors.
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The KGB infiltrated the priesthood, informing on clergy and promoting Soviet interests abroad.
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Lay leaders, especially women, must be included in the formation of Catholic clergy.
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This represented about 4.3 percent of active American Catholic clergy during that time.
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Brenda Brown-Grooms is a pastor with the New Beginnings Christian Community and part of the Charlottesville Clergy Collective (CCC), a group of clergy and laypeople dedicated to dialogue about the challenge of race relations in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
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After more than 30 years treating clergy, he founded Wittmann Blair, a publishing company.
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Mental health professionals, clergy and anyone else who can bring something to the table.
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In some cases, it simply reshuffled clergy implicated in sex crimes to different parishes.
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There are some clergy who are still in the forefront of social justice leadership.
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They're businesses, not clergy, and maybe the market just hasn't adjusted to that yet.
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He later joined the clergy staff of St. George's Episcopal Church in Germantown, Tenn.
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Authorities and diocese officials also announced a settlement fund for victims of clergy abuse.
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The organization created a review board to help verify the claims against the clergy.
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Senior members of the clergy painted a bleak picture in their new-year messages.
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The list did not contain information about the accusations that the clergy member faced.
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In his speech, Duterte made a not-so-subtle reference to the Philippine clergy.
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As the Greek clergy see things, all that is part of a Hellenic story.
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THE VATICAN is hosting a high-profile meeting on child abuse by the clergy.
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The state would now bar all clergy, including the chaplain, from the execution chamber.
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Mark Rozzi, a survivor of clergy sex abuse, the programs can offer some hope.
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The bill also would have protected clergy who refused to perform same-sex marriages.
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It is an argument similar to those made by survivors of clergy abuse scandals.
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Furthermore, only a minority of churches have preemptively listed the names of implicated clergy.
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Even Moscow-aligned clergy in Ukraine provide some pastoral services to the Ukrainian army.
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Many members of the state-employed clergy have long taught that Shi'ism is heretical.
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E4 subgroups include clergy members, employees of the US government abroad and immigrant broadcasters.
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Cotton Mather wanted to alleviate suffering but also restore public confidence in the clergy.
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Initially, Barber resisted entering the clergy; he wanted to be a civil-rights lawyer.
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He said he had met more than 50 victims of sexual abuse by clergy.
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Al Sharpton, the civil rights activist, as well as Ms. Abrams and church clergy.
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End celibacy and promote a clergy that embodies a healthy notion of human sexuality.
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The only cloud over these spiritual sojourners was the constant news about criminal clergy.
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The demonstrators included young workers, clergy and others not usually associated with the opposition.
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Advocates for clergy sexual abuse victims said the archdiocese's explanation amounted to a dodge.
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Other differences between Catholic and Protestant theology and practice involve the clergy and church.
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College students, clergy members, and community organizers are hosting post-election, "What now?" events.
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To demand that the entire Catholic clergy, including Pope Francis, resign is also wrong.
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One was the investigation into clergy sex abuse by The Boston Globe in 2002.
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The clergy is therefore in a position to restore our trust in the bishops.
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When the president perorates on crime and punishment, the clergy preaches empathy and compassion.
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Does that mean that clergy can now say what they really think of him?
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The lengthy catalog of clergy sexual abuses in the report is difficult to read.
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Another story of children being victimized by clergy emerges and we're shocked once more.
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In Italy, many Catholic parishes are now operated by clergy born outside the country.
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A song rang out — "America the Beautiful" — and the clergy approached the swinging doors.
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It's important to contact the clergy that's going to be involved in the service.
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Despite periodic crackdowns, churches and mosques, but also temples, were rebuilt, and clergy trained.
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Herring has also launched a "Virginia Clergy Abuse Hotline" and website to lodge complaints.
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And of course, wherever Francis goes, the clergy sex abuse scandal casts its shadow.
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The exemption for clergy only protects the abuser and places children at further risk.
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Keung is among other clergy offering care and prayer to all who need it.
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The report investigates clergy sexual abuse dating back to 1947 in six Pennsylvania dioceses.
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"There are no winners," said Andrew Collins, a clergy sexual abuse survivor from Ballarat.
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For the clergy, the cost will be learning not to expect automatic, exclusive authority.
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In a 2007 deposition, Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Goedert told lawyers he never alerted law enforcement to allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy before providing the lawyers with the names of 25 clergy members who he knew had been accused of such behavior.
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That risk also exists with human clergy, Heller pointed out: "The clergy is bounded too — there's already a built-in nudging or limiting factor, even without AI." But AI systems can be particularly problematic in that they often function as black boxes.
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The multinational initiative, End Clergy Abuse, was announced Thursday at a press conference in Geneva.
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That program fielded 785 new allegations of abuse against Catholic clergy, many from past decades.
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By the end of the first-round campaign, evangelical clergy had largely united behind Bolsonaro.
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"The goal was to control the mosques — through the clergy, not the space," Shepard said.
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It caused a major uproar, and clergy called Michelangelo a pornographer, and his work immoral.
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Some who attended were clergy members, while others had come from a local retirement community.
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Devout Catholics bridle at the notion that an atheist ruling party should pick their clergy.
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If people were to find Bible-based salvation independent of the clergy, literacy was indispensable.
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The clergy were there to preach, educate and sit in judgment on the nation's souls.
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Catholics are losing faith in church and clergy because of an ongoing sexual abuse scandal.
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No doubt Notre Dame's clergy, staff and members will have their ups and downs, too.
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The report says more than 300 clergy committed the abuse over a period of decades.
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"News organizations try to discredit our faith or the authority of our clergy," Katz explains.
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The Boston Globe coverage on sexual abuse by clergy brought the issue to the forefront.
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You write that there are hundreds, if not thousands of gay and lesbian Catholic clergy.
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Pope Francis Several dozen conservative Catholic scholars and clergy accused Pope Francis of spreading heresy.
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Although most Methodist clergy don't wear their collars every day, Barclay plans to do so.
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Your uncle thought long and hard on the matter, consulted with clergy and read scripture.
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Most clergy practitioners of American civil religion have been more staid than flashy Paula White.
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Amid the war-tarnished ultra-conservative Catholic clergy and military, and the decentralized, barrio-based
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The conversation about when life begins belongs with our scientists, our clergy, and our families.
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The first three issues are favorite themes for conservative clergy members, both Protestant and Catholic.
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The clergy, though, probably tote a less noxious load — and probably change robes more often.
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Clergy, web developer among passengers Among the 99 passengers were 11 children, including two infants.
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Indeed, historically, it appears that public investigations of clergy abuse in Pennsylvania have often fizzled.
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Abusive clergy are not likely to assassinate leakers or to try to bribe the media.
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Some clergy members, such as Reverend Jerry Bongcawii, do not object to President Duterte's initiative.
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Although some clergy have been detained and face harassment, others mostly operate in the open.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call for clergy members to come to Selma, Ala.
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The other was a private letter to the pope from clergy in Osorno, Cruz said.
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Should Jeff Sessions open a federal grand jury investigation on Catholic clergy child sex abuse?
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The service included songs and dances, as well as remembrances from family, clergy and politicians.
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I'm upset with the people who aren't demanding that every member of the clergy resign.
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Keep talking about it, use hotlines, emergency rooms, doctors, clergy, family, friends, strangers and pets.
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So while it can restrict fringe groups, it cannot take on the clergy more broadly.
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Although he is an active priest, he doesn't judge the men who left the clergy.
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Jordi Bertomeu — are in Chile to investigate the sexual abuse of minors by the clergy.
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In New York State, only clergy members or public officials can perform legally binding marriages.
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"In mainline churches, clergy tend to be more progressive than their congregations," Mr. Pagitt added.
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Their stories describe a widespread, decentralized cover-up of child sexual abuse by Amish clergy.
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Now, American female clergy members have been imploring women to speak out and expose abusers.
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The board agreed that clergy members may conduct "religious" burial services without a funeral director.
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" A group representing survivors of clergy sex abuse quickly responded by labeling the list "incomplete.
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After Francis spoke, he and church leaders watched emotional video from clergy abuse victims. 4.
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Under those auspices, he researches the sexual abuse of children and minors by the clergy.
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The clergy had faced disapproval from the Vatican for speaking out against the violent regime.
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As leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, he elevated female and Hispanic clergy.
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Models began to arrive, lining up like supplicants to be dressed by the label's clergy.
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And in the South, Protestant clergy used Christianity to justify slaves' obedience to slave owners.
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One aspect that has been important to these caregivers is the faith side of things, because when they really get depressed and down with the heavy responsibilities, they turn to the clergy, but the clergy has no idea what's going on in these families.
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So Mr. Sipe began working on the problem in other ways, becoming active in the early days of clergy-victim advocacy, writing books, consulting or testifying in some 24 trials on clergy abuse as an expert witness, and never backing down from his initial assertions.
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Leaders of the nation's third-largest denomination said Friday that the United Methodist Church will begin allowing same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy, while "traditionalist" Methodists, who oppose gay marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy, will create a separate denomination, The Washington Post reported.
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The initiative seeks to build on the momentum that clergy abuse survivors in Chile have created.
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A number of passages, including the infamous "footnote 351," drew ire from more conservative Catholic clergy.
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Victim advocates say it could be the most exhaustive examination by any state of clergy abuse.
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The Catholic Church faces crises worldwide involving sexual abuse of minors by members of the clergy.
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They include teachers, paramedics, human resource managers, clergy and everyday citizens hoping to help if needed.
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In Charlottesville, antifa stepped in to protect clergy members from an advancing crowd of neo-Nazis.
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Some among the clergy have been trying, unsuccessfully, for a few years to change the practice.
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When he presented his plan, the prince gathered clergy, intellectuals and journalists from across the spectrum.
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They didn't approach their primary care physician, an internist, a therapist, psychiatrist, clergy member—no one.
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A politically active clergy was, and still is for many leading Shia thinkers, a heretical innovation.
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Your eminence, your excellencies, members of the clergy, Donald and Melania, and all the distinguished guests.
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Officials noted that many of the clergy members are dead or have been removed from ministry.
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The report emerged from one of the nation&aposs most exhaustive investigations of clergy sexual abuse.
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Some Christian clergy said the vaccine violated religious principles because it used parts from an animal.
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Abadi announced a government overhaul in February under pressure from the clergy of Iraq's Shi'ite majority.
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The experience of the broad oriental tradition of a married clergy could also be drawn upon.
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Members of the clergy complained that they did not want to lose their civil servant status.
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Clergy, already invested with moral authority, represented valuable allies; if they were celebrities, well, even better.
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In September, Germany's Catholic Church released a report listing 85033,670 clergy members credibly charged with abuse.
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On Thursday, I joined 50 Charlotte-area clergy members who were on the streets this week.
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The five-day trip happens as the clergy sex abuse scandal continues to stun believers worldwide.
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A variation — "respectfully yours" — is the standard close for addressing government officials and clergy, Pachter says.
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Elected officials, clergy, activists, bureaucrats, labor leaders, and even actress Helen Hayes, all endorsed the bill.
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Overall, though, Protestants are more likely to have positive views of the clergy and their church.
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The other half worship in government-managed churches run mostly by clergy members appointed by Beijing.
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This would most likely mean enforcing the 2005 decree and removing clergy members caught in unchastity.
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In November, a group of 22015 black clergy (Manigault, included) were reportedly supposed to endorse Trump.
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But the premature announcement of endorsements was a turnoff to many of the clergy members invited.
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Pope Francis has worked to address the scandal, meeting twice with victims of clergy sex abuse.
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But no one quite knows how the singsong lilt of the Jewish clergy got its start.
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Here Jewish and Protestant clergy swapped pulpits amid the 19th-century soot of the Industrial Revolution.
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"We don't need Ma Ba Tha" because Myanmar already has an official Buddhist clergy, he said.
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"I got a lot of people asking me about it," including Catholic clergy and top suppliers.
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Some women religious (nuns and sisters) have been victims of this pathology embodied by some clergy.
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His office is operating a 24/7 hotline for people to report allegations against clergy members.
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This just in ... Clergy sex abuse scandalCardinal Donald Wuerl, the embattled archbishop of Washington, has resigned.
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Like other clergy members, this priest can deliver sermons and move around to interface with worshippers.
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More than 6,700 members of the Catholic clergy were accused of sexual assault, according to BishopAccountability.
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The government of New Zealand officially granted Pastafarian clergy the right to perform weddings in 2015.
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Nessel urged clergy sexual abuse victims to report their abuse to the police, not the church.
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Today and every day, we stand with survivors of clergy abuse on their journey towards healing.
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Female physicians, members of law enforcement, and clergy who earned major promotions also followed the trend.
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"Same old, same old," said Tim Law, president of a survivors support group, Ending Clergy Abuse.
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The law does carve out an exemption for churches when it comes to hiring clergy members.
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For too long, clergy have claimed, and the church has granted, authority simply for being ordained.
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Why it matters: According to a grand jury report over widespread abuse in the Pennsylvania clergy, special agents argued that appointing a fellow clergy member to investigate such allegations rather than trained personnel is a key reason as to why clerical abuse has been a perpetual issue.
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The order may also stem from a desire to defer to the judgment of prison officials or to regard Alabama's no-outside-clergy rule as religiously neutral—as it bars all clergy from the death chamber (non-Christian and Christian alike) other than the state-employed chaplain.
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At the memorial, Brier sang "Hallelujah," his favorite song, as the clergy led a processional of candles.
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Clergy could not — and still cannot — be forced to reveal in court what they learned in confession.
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In interviews, underground Catholic clergy in China said they continue to face pressure to join the CCPA.
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I now chair the board of one of the oldest associations of evangelical clergy in the country.
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In Philadelphia, workers are expected to be joined by clergy members, community leaders, and Mayor Jim Kenney.
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About three-quarters of credibly accused clergy were ordained between 1908 and 1969, according to the archdiocese.
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A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,9003 child victims.
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Formed in 1957, the SCLC put black evangelical clergy at the forefront of the movement, including Rev.
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Arias said that he believed military clergy, who hold military rank, were more answerable to civilian law.
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Chilean prosecutors this year have investigated hundreds of cases of alleged abuse and cover-up by clergy.
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But Pell has also admitted that Catholic officials had made "enormous mistakes" in handling clergy abuse cases.
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" I said, "Did you tell them that I'm a clergy person now and I'm doing AIDS work?
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But more critical areas — sermons, liturgy, staffing and defining the church's mission — are typically controlled by clergy.
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The collaborationist Vichy regime of 1940, which enjoyed the support of ultra-traditionalist clergy still lay ahead.
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"The people I'm dealing with — clergy and congregations — are babes in the woods," Ms. Kelman put it.
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Why it matters: McCarrick is the highest-ranking Church official ever to be removed from the clergy.
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Conservatives often argue that gay priests are in some ways to blame for the clergy abuse scandal.
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San Antonio reported the highest number of allegations among Texas dioceses, accusing 56 clergy members of abuse.
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In the aftermath, 36 dioceses have publicized self-reported lists of clergy "credibly accused" of abusing minors.
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We've built some great relationships over the last several years, especially with clergy, community leaders and residents.
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Victims of clergy abuse in Ireland, where Pope Francis travels on Saturday, have already condemned Monday's statement.
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Sedgh said the defendants would include plaintiffs' relatives and neighbors, as well as members of the clergy.
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At the time, clergy, politicians and journalists noted that the schisms were a blow to the Union.
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Foreign-born priests were exiled, and local clergy were harassed so much that many closed their churches.
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The U.S. has also been rocked by a series of sex abuse cases stemming from Catholic clergy.
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We want them to know there are actually professionals, counsellors, and clergy interested in the same thing.
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Female monks, known in Buddhist scripture as bhikkhunis, are not officially recognised by Thailand's conservative Buddhist clergy.
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Ordination of female clergy is a first step; there is much more we still need to accomplish.
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The state might as well then summon the clergy to perform last rites on its own economy.
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They boycotted the government church in favor of underground churches led by clergy members whom they elected.
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Roman Catholics have debated the role of homosexuality in the clergy sexual abuse scandal, ostracizing gay priests.
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The archdiocese has been under scrutiny for years for mishandling allegations of sexual abuse by its clergy.
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I can say with absolute certainty that most middle-aged clergy don't really get how memes work.
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The Catholic clergy is providing both a language and a method of resistance against Mr. Duterte's policies.
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In the past, Shia protesters listened to the clergy in Najaf, a holy city in the south.
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A broad array of clergy members has strongly denounced Mr. Trump's order as discriminatory, misguided and inhumane.
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Two of the nation's largest black church groups still do not officially accept women clergy or bishops.
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He appealed to Mr. Stephens to surrender peacefully to either the police or to a clergy member.
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Hundreds of members of the church, including clergy and church leadership, filed the original complaint in June.
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After the vote last year to disallow gay clergy, candidates for ordination like Chet Jechura were devastated.
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The Roman Catholic clergy — Franz visits the local priest and a nearby bishop — counsel quiet and compromise.
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Beside them they laid a red clergy stole that Efird says represents the Holy Spirit and justice.
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She said hundreds of thousands of documents seized in the clergy abuse investigation were still being reviewed.
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When these perpetrators are members of the clergy, there are not only psychological wounds but spiritual wounds.
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According to Grace, a "sizable number" of calls are regarding allegations of child sexual abuse by clergy.
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The clergy marched down there and set up a human link to try to keep racists out.
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Those other industries include a wide variety of freelance workers, such as writers, translators, strippers and clergy.
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And United Methodist bishops had supported a plan at the conference that would have embraced L.G.B.T. clergy.
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Read about how other countries like the United States, Italy and the Philippines have punished abusive clergy.
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If some Catholic clergy deliberately deemphasize abortion, there is no need for citizens to reject church teachings.
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A 2016 Pew Research Center study found that 46 percent of white evangelical Protestants said their clergy had brought up the issue of homosexuality in the past couple of months, and the overwhelming majority of those who reported hearing about the issue said their clergy spoke out against it.
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I have a daughter but wouldn't it be just silly to refer to me as Mother-of-Clergy?
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That autonomy has been used to avoid taking "appropriate action" against abusive clergy, the Southern Baptist report said.
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To reach out to clergy sex-abuse survivors and their families, helping them find healing and care. 2.
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DiNardo, who suffered a stroke in March, has also faced accusations that he mishandled another clergy abuse case.
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But by contrast, the fashion inspired by its female clergy, nuns, is as joyful as a pebble collection.
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Only 21 out of 90 senior clergy in northern England assented to the settlement, and 36 openly disagreed.
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It seems unlikely that the clergy will face any worse than a fine, which their church will pay.
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By no means all the people or clergy who pray in those parishes are strong sympathisers with Moscow.
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Three reporters, including a longtime reporter at the Sacramento Bee, and several clergy members, were among those detained.
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The lefty politics of the clergy sometimes rankle with lay Anglicans, who tend to be more right-wing.
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The Vatican said it acknowledged the court's decision and remained committed to pursuing clergy who carried out abuse.
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They often wanted restorations—of monarchies, of the power of the clergy, of the status of the aristocracy.
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"Kler" ("Clergy") revolves around the lives of three fictional Catholic priests who swill vodka and mock the church.
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Mr Alcolumbre belongs to the "lower clergy" of backbench congressmen, as did Mr Bolsonaro before he became president.
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" According to Franklin, "marriages in the old days did not always take place with the benefit of clergy.
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We've worked with veterans, law enforcement, businessmen and women, members of the clergy, and domestic violence prevention leaders.
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Activists, civil-rights leaders, and members of the clergy have all called for greater scrutiny of this case.
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The U.S. Catholic Church has paid out more than $3 billion to settle clergy abuse cases, McKiernan said.
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Davey, arguing that the state funds in that instance were used to fund the religious training of clergy.
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But he has little appetite to take on the conservative clergy over, say, the ban on women driving.
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The preaching tradition that these early clergy fashioned would have profound impact on King's moral and ethical vision.
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The United Methodist Church's Western Jurisdiction committed Wednesday to making its churches a "safe harbor" for LGBTQ clergy.
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His remarks reveal an openness to re-examining the church's long-held insistence on an all-male clergy.
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According to the report, more than 1,000 children were victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back to 14.
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Their candidacy for the clergy was approved, and Barclay was officially commissioned as a deacon in Sunday's ceremony.
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There are experts, clergy and loved ones who can manage this far better than the rest of us.
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Germany: The German Catholic Church concluded at least 3,677 people were abused by clergy between 1946 and 2014.
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Black churches, too, talked a lot about homosexuality -- 39% told Pew they had heard clergy mention the issue.
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His case is part of a series of scandals that have rocked Thailand's Buddhist clergy in recent years.
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Four did not disclose their lists of clergy accused of abuse until the attorney general began her investigation.
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Pope Francis has agreed to meet with Irish victims of clergy during an upcoming visit to the country.
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Attorneys general in Washington, DC, and Virginia launch investigations into the Catholic Church's handling of clergy sexual abuse.
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Though candidate endorsements were relatively rare, clergy members spoke frequently about social and political issues, the survey found.
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When police and Sandinista Youth descended, the students retreated inside, leaving only after clergy negotiated their safe passage.
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Pope Francis is planning to meet victims of clergy sexual abuse in Ireland this weekend, according to Reuters.
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Scott explicitly lashed out at the hypocrisy of the clergy in Macon while fighting for her own space.
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Clergy of all faiths should act now to place public services on hold until the threat has passed.
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At the time, Mr. Richie said, he'd been contemplating dropping out of school to join the Episcopalian clergy.
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This is normal procedure for when the pope meets victims of clergy abuse during his trips outside Rome.
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He said he had been sexually assaulted by a different clergy member there, but never told his parents.
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But victims of sexual abuse by members of the clergy in Chile said the pope's words rang hollow.
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Whether the clergy is aware or not, the Catholic lay faithful smell death in the air these days.
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"This is a historic and hopeful day for clergy sexual abuse victims and sexual abuse victims," he said.
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Right-wing politicians and representatives of the Greek Orthodox clergy joined them in a sea of Greek flags.
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We can and must demand better from our clergy, even if we cannot expect better from secular authorities.
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Although most supporters of a male-only clergy cite Church tradition, ordaining women only chafes against modern constraints.
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These are journeypeople singing here, clergy folk and teachers, who have a rougher, rawer way with a tune.
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We spoke to more than 250 counselors, church workers, psychologists, clergy members, theologians, social workers, sociologists and survivors.
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Clergy "bewitched" by politics, he told a French magazine this year, had misinterpreted the Gospels to defend migrants.
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An investigation found that 163 priests or clergy members were accused of sexual abuse or misconduct against minors.
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The investigation found that 163 priests or clergy members were accused of sexual abuse or misconduct against minors.
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The proposal calls for a new traditionalist Methodist denomination opposed to gay marriage and ordination of LGBT clergy.
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They are in the clergy, the medical profession, the legal profession, law enforcement, teaching and every other profession.
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Many have come forward about their own experiences of abuse from clergy members, including Broadway star Andrew Rannells.
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And the Pennsylvania report sparked investigations into sex abuse allegations against Catholic clergy in other states as well.
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Separately, the diocese of Buffalo, New York, also received a subpoena regarding clergy sexual abuse in late May.
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The tension resulted in the closing down of schools, confiscation of properties and the arrest of some clergy.
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Vatican summit A historic summit to deal with the Catholic Church's clergy abuse scandal starts today in Rome.
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He helped create programs, like the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, to support African-Americans within the church.
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Finally, Isely took issue with the Pope's comparison of clergy abuse with rape and incest in a family.
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"Believe it or not, clergy is not on that list," Erie County District Attorney John Flynn told CNN.
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More clergy victims may qualify for compensation: Catholic officials in New York are considering expanding a "reconciliation" program.
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A Vatican spokesman said that Holley was not removed because of the church's ongoing clergy sex abuse scandal.
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The Pell cases come at a time of stepped-up action by the church against abusive clergy members.
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Just this week, more than 300 Catholic clergy from dioceses in New Jersey were publicly accused of abuse.
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Black clergy and the NAACP have held prayer vigils and protests since the shooting occurred, local media reported.
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In Huntsville, Alabama, a group of clergy and community activists held a "Prayer for Tolerance" press conference Monday.
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"In this case, some of those clergy who preyed on young children and on vulnerable adults, unfortunately those clergy were hiding in plain sight, purporting to comfort their parishioners, hearing their confessions and taking advantage of their position of faith and authority," Nessel said in a news conference Friday in Lansing.
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Saying they want to rebuild trust and increase transparency, bishops in 22019 dioceses have released lists of credibly accused clergy since August, when a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report accused Catholic leaders of turning a blind eye on the abuse of more than 237,218 victims by more than 43 clergy.
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Other clergy were also captured and released, with the "going rate" for a priest reported to be around $200,000.
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It is believed the group was first created by a group of SS officers and right-wing German clergy.
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Dozens of interviews with clergy and faithful show both sides wish for a positive outcome to the current talks.
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Last month, Francis held a meeting of bishops from around the world to confront the clergy sex abuse crisis.
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The monks took to Twitter after a clergy member was ticketed in September for driving in his ceremonial robes.
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Along with a group of clergy, I met with migrant families and heroic people providing humanitarian aid to them.
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It was imposed violently after the Shiite clergy and its followers took over the country nearly 40 years ago.
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The counterprotesters included Antifa, members of the local clergy and religious groups, and Black Lives Matter activists, among others.
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"Modern secularists dismiss this idea of morality as other-worldly superstition imposed by a kill-joy clergy," Barr said.
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Officials also urged Muslims to stay home for prayers in an extraordinary call by the clergy to curtail worship.
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Much like during the 1980s, high-ranking members of the clergy haven't been shy about making their feelings known.
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At the arrival at the Great West Door, the Queen appeared to joke about it with the welcoming clergy.
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Its roots lie in the pre-Revolutionary era, when the Bishop of London dispatched clergy to the New World.
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More bewildering still may have been the presence among the demonstrators of so many black-robed Greek Orthodox clergy.
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The debate is controversial because it could open the door for women into the Catholic Church's all-male clergy.
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The church's response to Mr Duterte is also hampered by a new scepticism in the clergy about political involvement.
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America's antitrust establishment is like a clergy that after decades of obscurity finds itself blinking on the world stage.
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Michigan is also 1 of at least 15 states currently investigating alleged sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, per ABC.
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The student who was coming to terms with her childhood abuse by a clergy member eventually dropped the course.
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Barros was named bishop of Osorno in 2015 by Pope Francis, who ignored objections from some clergy and churchgoers.
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The high-profile trial turned Shanley into one of the most notorious figures in the clergy sex abuse scandal.
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Dozens of Num Saum cakes are stacked in a pile, guarded by squatting clergy who pat the mound affectionately.
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The group on which Luther expended his most notorious denunciations was not the Roman Catholic clergy but the Jews.
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So does the long-running decline in respect for the clergy, the news media, the courts and other institutions.
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Dear Lonnie, family, friends, Mr. President [Clinton], members of the clergy, all of these amazing people here in Louisville.
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As the church's clergy sexual abuse crisis grinds on into 2019, there have been big revelations and small ones.
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And his personnel changes have effectively left Mr. Trump's conservative backers without much support from prominent Catholic clergy members.
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But the kingdom's ultra conservative Wahhabi clergy, which views Shi'ites as heretical, is a cornerstone of Saudi ruling legitimacy.
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Illinois' dioceses have released lists publicly identifying 185 clergy members who had been credibly accused of child sex abuse.
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In addition, a "God Squad" of clergy members would advise the chief about concerns in the community, he said.
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Obama often talked policy with faith leaders but never used the White House to discuss partisan politics with clergy.
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Meanwhile, Pope Francis's current itinerary for an upcoming visit to Ireland lacks a visit with victims of clergy abuse.
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Black Protestants were by far the most likely religious group to hear political endorsements from members of their clergy.
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Most people, after all, don't live as monks, and Buddhist clergy have to meet them on their own terms.
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One of the obstacles to improving relations is the question of who should be able to appoint senior clergy.
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Because Buddhism is the country's official religion, the state and clergy are inextricably linked, giving the latter immense power.
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We had a bunch of faith leaders and clergy that were sent to hospitals, particularly after the car attack.
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There have been reports that clergy, faith leaders, and counter-protesters that were part of your movement were attacked.
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Just among Methodists, there are more than 150 out queer clergy members, and that's considering we're a discriminatory denomination!
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" A leading expert on clergy sexual abuse, Karlijn Demasure, told the AP, priests "can always say 'she wanted it.
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But much of "Clergy" focuses on one issue: Clerical child abuse, which the movie says the church covered up.
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We'll also need to engage clergy members, community elders, entertainers, board members, stockholders, chief executives, more people like you.
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Black leaders in clergy, politics and the media are well aware of the courtship and savoring their newfound leverage.
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In February, Pope Francis held a conference at the Vatican to discuss sexual abuse of minors amongst the clergy.
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We cannot, of course, determine what motivated individual clergy to give one lesson or another to schoolchildren decades ago.
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That investigation has so far resulted in two convictions, and roughly 1,700 tips to a dedicated clergy abuse hotline.
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The day after Mr. Boykins's dismissal, he was applauded at a gathering of 100 officers, council members and clergy.
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That set off a backlash, fueling a campaign to purge the church of gay clergy members and church workers.
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The U.S. Catholic Church has paid out more than $3 billion to settle clergy abuse cases, according to BishopAccountability.
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Some jobs that rise to the top include clergy, teachers, surgeons, psychiatrists, and other jobs associated with public service.
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I remember marching with many Catholic nuns as well as with black clergy and black women affiliated with churches.
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The clergy in our diocese committed a monstrous crime, the scourge of sexual abuse known to many Catholic communities.
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To the Editor: President Trump has signed an executive order allowing clergy to endorse political candidates from the pulpit.
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America fought about allowing LGBTQ clergy for decades before finally voting yes in 2010.
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She covered cases like the Zacarias Moussaoui trial, the Boston clergy sex-abuse scandal, and the Scooter Libby case.
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The news comes a day after the Vatican wrapped up an unprecedented summit on combating sexual abuse by clergy.
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Obama said that clergy have an important role to play in instilling the lessons of faith in their followers.
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The Catholic Church has been plagued by clergy sex abuse scandals spanning the globe for more than 30 years.
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He's also a devout Christian striving to join the clergy; out of the question due to his criminal record.
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The decisions jolted the global, 13-million-member church, which is intensely divided over gay marriage and gay clergy.
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But he was not told in advance that if he confessed, the clergy would report the incident to authorities.
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In the lawsuit, Kristine Johnson said her husband confessed his sexual abuse to clergy as required by church rules.
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The Simple Plan would have removed language prohibiting gay marriage and clergy from the United Methodist Book of Discipline.
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To date, much of the clergy abuse scandal has focused on minors, who represent the vast majority of cases.
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The diocese's website also lists the names of clergy with "substantiated claims of abuse against them," the statement said.
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Saturday's approval came despite the clergy-dominated council's earlier objections to another set of amendments linked to money laundering.
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Trinity Church was founded as an Anglican church, meaning it required clergy to be loyal to the British crown.
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The newspaper has also reported that more than 220 lawsuits have been filed against the diocese alleging clergy abuse.
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Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias and an Indian bishop will join clergy from across the world at the Rome summit.
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Last October, the archdiocese announced an independent reconciliation and compensation program for victims of sexual abuse by its clergy.
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No, but the existing all-male clergy is clearly not up to meeting the needs of the faithful today.
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One unauthorized delegate was Philippe Kasap Kachez, whose father is Bishop Kasap Owan, a prominent opponent of gay clergy.
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The report's release was delayed after several clergy members named in the report filed legal challenges against its publication.
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For clergy in affected areas of California, wrestling with the problem of evil is part of the job description.
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"Karol Wojtyla had many friendships with women, men, children, clergy, laity, intellectuals, workers — there is no news here," he said.
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The counter-demonstration, which was organized by a local activist coalition, drew members of Black Lives Matter and local clergy.
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Becerra said the arrests stemmed from a tip that came to a state website seeking victims of clergy sex abuse.
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A 2005 report documented mishandling of abuse claims in the Philadelphia diocese about more than 100 priests and other clergy.
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Bishop Kenneth Angell told Widman it was "unthinkable" that in his day a member of the clergy might abuse children.
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Law and other church leaders had moved guilty clergy from parish to parish in Massachusetts without alerting parents or police.
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At chapel every week, which was mandatory for all students, the clergy would sometimes mention that homosexuality is a sin.
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Scammers have also been known to pose as university professors, clergy members, doctors, chefs, swimsuit models, waitresses, nurses and librarians.
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But throughout Ahmadinejad's presidency, Khamenei was wary of him, and his insubordination and relentless self-aggrandisement rankled the hardline clergy.
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But she has also been criticized in recent weeks for her record with victims of sexual abuse by clergy members.
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Blum said that gender roles are initially learned at home and then reinforced by siblings, classmates, relatives, clergy, and coaches.
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More than 40% of Anglican Christians believe that immigration has no benefits whatsoever, compared with just 2% of the clergy.
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The bloodshed has reinvigorated those pastors' calls for their fellow clergy to preach about political issues, rather than just salvation.
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The kingdom's top clergy issued a mild statement saying Saudi Arabia supported Jerusalem, but did not explicitly denounce Trump's move.
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Reverend Millie Peters has worked as an RCRC-affiliate for years, and now heads Kentucky's Concerned Clergy for Choice group.
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A 2004 John Jay report found that thousands of minors were sexually abused by Catholic clergy between 1950 and 393.
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In many states, including West Virginia, clergy are required to notify public authorities when they learn about possible child abuse.
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In 2016, a group of pastors sued the state seeking to exclude clergy from the law and were granted exemption.
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Ms. McCray laid the groundwork earlier this year, visiting some churches and holding a meeting with clergy at Gracie Mansion.
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Last month, the Brooklyn Diocese released the names of more than 100 clergy who were accused of sexually abusing minors.
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The rural diocese is defending 101 lawsuits involving alleged sex abuse by clergy mostly from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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The diocese is the third in Minnesota to file for bankruptcy in recent years over claims of clergy sex abuse.
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And the extent to which Christian orthodoxy or specificity should be expected from them and their delivering clergy is debated.
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Across nearly 70 years the clergy at inaugurations have been Mainline Protestants, Catholics, Jewish rabbis, and evangelicals like Billy Graham.
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The majority have been disappointed with Pell's failing memory on many questions of what he knew about abuse by clergy.
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The 2011 John Jay report rejected any causal link between homosexuality and child sex abuse, and so do other clergy.
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In May 2002, he apologized for his role in the clergy abuse scandal in a letter distributed throughout the archdiocese.
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"Church moving from 'American problem' to American solutions on clergy abuse," a recent headline from a Catholic news service declared.
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However, the Johnson Amendment doesn't prohibit clergy from preaching politics; it prohibits them from using their pulpits to endorse candidates.
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He led efforts to create a national, independent Orthodox church that threw off centuries of ties to the Russian clergy.
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They said it would involve more church members who were not clergy but had expertise in law enforcement or psychology.
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Around how many clergy members showed up on Friday after you put out the call at the end of July?
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The organization she founded in 1988 is a leading advocacy and support group for victims of sexual abuse by clergy.
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It was an apparent reference to the clergy sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church in recent years.
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"Clergy," a new movie by the director Wojciech Smarzowski, starts with three priests drinking vodka until they can barely speak.
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Abortions were often arranged through networks of clergy or women who helped people find, travel to and pay for providers.
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The Vatican has done much to address child abuse by clergy members, which has threatened to stain the entire church.
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Later books like the Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of Witches) in the 1480s were designed so that clergy could prosecute witches.
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An array of theologians, political commentators and clergy have said that the deal is a sellout of the underground church.
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Of course, boys' choirs date from a time when girls could not even attend school, let alone join the clergy.
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In one case a member of the clergy told parishioners that anyone who voted "Yes" could leave the church immediately.
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While there's been some pushback from conservative clergy, the most vehement opposition to Martin's ideas has come from Church Militant.
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Some Amish elders and clergy regard buggy safety initiatives as usurping God's role in overseeing their safety, Sergeant Kennett said.
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Wednesday night, the battle against the potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act will get an unlikely ally: the clergy.
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The United Methodist Church has more than seven million members in the United States and more than 44,000 clergy members.
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Advocates for victims of abuse said that the edict had shielded clergy members from prosecution and contributed to cover-ups.
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The apology came as a new report that found over 3,600 children in Germany had been victimized by clergy members.
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In their heyday members of the merchant class were considered grubby hucksters—at least by Europe's medieval nobility and clergy.
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He would occasionally pray, gathering with clergy outside the courthouse and sometimes was heard singing "Amazing Grace" in an elevator.
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In the past two decades, 44 Chilean clergy members have been condemned for abuse by the Vatican or the courts.
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Yet few members of Myanmar's Buddhist clergy, who have long served as the nation's moral conscience, have condemned the bloodshed.
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If not a pastoral necessity of shortage of clergy, then it's a pastoral necessity of living authentic and honest lives.
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As the riot police pushed protesters back, Ms. Caine-Conley and her fellow clergy members were regrouping inside the restaurant.
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They also enjoy additional tax shelters, such as property tax exemptions for clergy members — or was that conservative radio personalities?
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Within days, entire support groups of clergy wives emerged, furious at having been ignored so blithely, again, by powerful men.
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In some circumstances, those obligations may be governed by their professional duty and in others by their role as clergy.
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You can't find a scripture that justifies armed clergy, says McDonald, senior pastor of First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta.
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If you are having clergy perform your ceremony, you two could seek to meet with them to air your concerns.
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In the 123s, ministers and rabbis formed the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion, advising pregnant women how to obtain abortions.
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In 2018, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis sought bankruptcy after facing huge potential costs in clergy abuse claims.
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The report investigates clergy sexual abuse dating to 1947 in the dioceses of Allentown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton.
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A number of other states have since opened investigations into claims of abuse perpetrated by clergy in the Catholic Church.
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In the United States, three bishops resigned in 2015 after accusations that they covered up cases of clergy sexual abuse.
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He said clergy sexual abuse was "a tragedy" and asked young people to help the Church in "this dark moment".
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But the Pope's high praise for Wuerl in the wake of two clergy sexual abuse scandals angered some abuse survivors.
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Entire communities are damaged, from students who escaped to those attending schools in the area, to parents, friends, neighbors, clergy.
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It may seem obvious that the receptionist's duties are pretty far afield from the work done by bona fide clergy.
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Hundreds of opposition supporters and clergy had taken to the streets of Podgorica on Thursday to rally against the law.
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The diocese says on its website it has paid $20,000 in settlements related to sexual abuse of children by clergy.
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Priests and other clergy members should have to report cases of suspected child sexual abuse, however they hear about them.
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To Catholics, our American clergy is an essential link in a living chain of witnesses stretching back to the Apostles.
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This week, Pope Francis is gathering church leaders at the Vatican for an unprecedented global summit on clergy sexual abuse.
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The priest he was accusing happened to be an Augustinian, one of dozens of religious orders in the Catholic clergy.
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Bishops and clergy who choose not to officiate at ordinations or same-sex weddings would be protected from being sanctioned.
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The growing public anger about abuse by members of the clergy could be seen in the case of the Rev.
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The attorneys general in New York and New Jersey are among those who have initiated inquiries into clergy sex abuse.
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A clergy sexual abuse hotline set up by Madigan's office to assist survivors has also received more than 300 communications.
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Last year, they announced that they planned to open up a program to independantly compensate survivors of clergy sex abuse.
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The new group, the Immaculate Heart Community, was open to laypeople as well as clergy, men as well as women.
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The plan, if approved at the church&aposs worldwide conference in Minneapolis in May, would divide the third-largest US Christian denomination into two branches: A traditionalist side opposed to gay marriage and the ordination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender clergy, and a progressive wing that will allow same-sex marriage and LGBT clergy.
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The plan, if approved at the church's worldwide conference in Minneapolis in May, would divide the third-largest U.S. Christian denomination into two branches: a traditionalist branch that opposes gay marriage and the ordination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender clergy, and a more tolerant branch that will allow same-sex marriage and LGBT clergy.
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The death of Kuriakose could produce a chilling effect on those who want to speak out against abuse by the clergy.
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"Even our communications with our spouses, with our clergy members, with our attorneys are not absolutely private in America," Comey added.
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Fortunately, professional training is available on how to respond to domestic abuse, from programs for clergy to judges to law enforcement.
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The poisonous air would affect many firefighters, police officers, volunteers, construction workers, clergy and health professionals who arrived at the scene.
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But some bishops allowed priests to lift the excommunication as well, creating a patchwork of practices and some confusion among clergy.
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Victim advocates have said they expect it to be one of the most exhaustive examinations by any state of clergy abuse.
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U.S. church leaders have said that they have implemented extensive new measures to prevent the sexual abuse of children by clergy.
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That's a big deal because if it happens, it could open the door for women into the all-boys clergy club.
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The archbishop has been a strong advocate of female clergy, and there is speculation that his successor might be a woman.
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Families and clergy in baby-blue bandanas gathered outside the congressional palace as the result came in just before 3 a.m.
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Scholars have noted that in some countries and dioceses, women were ordained as deacons and considered clergy until the 12th century.
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And while her books were originally intended only for clergy and her fellow nuns, after her death they were published widely.
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In some parts of the United States, including Baltimore and New York, openly gay clergy serve with few if any restrictions.
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Under Poroshenko's presidency, Ukraine has pushed to establish a national church and thereby sever centuries-old ties with the Russian clergy.
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Yet he was never criminally charged: at the time clergy were not required to report abuse of children to the police.
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Indeed, few segments of society have been so resistant to the possibility of making a bargain as the Greek Orthodox clergy.
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Ayatollah Khomeini came to be known as an imam, which constituted a break with the notion of a quietist, apolitical clergy.
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Yet some of the clergy under Archbishop Welby's sway observe the same "pain and exclusion" and come to very different conclusions.
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