clergy

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Nonprofessional counselors, including family and clergy, can still engage in this conduct, as can professional counselors outside of their paid practice.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

More than 40 of England's 108 bishops are now women, with a similar proportion among priests, after women clergy were first permitted in the early 1990s.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The province is dotted with old Catholic churches—a relic of a time when public institutions like schools and hospitals were under full control of the clergy.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Meanwhile, he solicited hundreds of letters from writers, librarians, critics, lawyers, clergy and others about the book’s literary and social value.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Cannons boomed from the forts lining the shore while merchants, clerks, clergy, lawyers, and omnibus drivers from Wall Street to the Bowery celebrated.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock