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

She added Safe in Faith trained Catholic clergy and parishes to "understand spiritual abuse and to develop trauma-informed responses to support people like Grace".

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Some clergy members joined protests, but the church largely shied from similar action at the highest levels.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

If there had been a huge crowd yesterday, today's hearing had brought more people, including several clergy members and older people of color I'd never seen before.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson