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Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.
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Federico Perelmuter, The Dial, 13 Mar. 2025
The emails, sent from Saints accounts, don’t specify which clergymen were removed from the list or why.
—Brett Martel, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
In 1781, a French clergyman named Antoine Court de Gébelin claimed to have discovered the ancient Book of Thoth while attending a stylish salon in Paris.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
One of the key details revealed in the emails, according to the reports, was from a Saints team spokesman who briefed his boss on a 2018 call with the city’s top prosecutor hours before the church released a list of clergymen accused of abuse.
—Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Federico Perelmuter, The Dial, 13 Mar. 2025
The emails, sent from Saints accounts, don’t specify which clergymen were removed from the list or why.
—Brett Martel, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
In 1781, a French clergyman named Antoine Court de Gébelin claimed to have discovered the ancient Book of Thoth while attending a stylish salon in Paris.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
One of the key details revealed in the emails, according to the reports, was from a Saints team spokesman who briefed his boss on a 2018 call with the city’s top prosecutor hours before the church released a list of clergymen accused of abuse.
—Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Clergyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clergyman. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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clergyman
noun
cler·gy·man
ˈklər-ji-mən 
: a member of the clergy
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