reverend

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It reads: “The circumstances surrounding the attack on the reverend remain mysterious and unresolved, but there is reason to believe that the perpetrator’s primary intent was to torture the reverend, not to steal from him.”

From New York Times

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which celebrates the reverend and civil rights hero’s birthday on Jan. 15, 1929.

From Seattle Times

A former exotic dancer turned reverend, Gary wrote the book “Prayer, For Women Like Us: A Prayer Book and Journal For Exotic Dancers,” at times discussing her former career while campaigning.

From Washington Post

"He was sitting here today and heard the reverend talk about Antifa. He was here all day, wasn't he?"

From Salon

One African American reverend pointedly asked Black Republicans fighting to hold on to voting rights, “With all your speaking, organizing, parading in the streets, ballyhooing, voting and sometimes fighting, what do you get?”

From New York Times