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Parishioners proceed to the front of the church, where a priest or deacon marks a black cross on their foreheads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Parishioners were frequently interrogated regarding the speeches of their priests.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Parishioners last year expressed concerns about the risks to which they believed they had been exposed.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2023

Parishioners were taught to protect the church’s reputation, lawsuits say, and dissenters were shunned.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Mr. G——, a Minister in Suffolk, and of a considerable Estate, lived without Thoughts of Marriage, till the Age of fifty Years; at which Time one of his Parishioners put him in Thoughts of Matrimony.

From The Levellers A Dialogue Between Two Young Ladies, Concerning Matrimony, Proposing an Act for Enforcing Marriage, for the Equality of Matches, and Taxing Single Persons by Anonymous




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