clergymen

Women and girls who became pregnant outside marriage were sent to the laundries by their families, welfare authorities, the courts, police, clergymen and church organisations.

Among the clergymen cited in the lawsuits that were settled Wednesday, Father Michael Baker is one of the priests with the most victims.

With other prominent Black clergymen, he helped to win the release of Nelson Mandela and end apartheid in South Africa.

Normally, avant-garde financial tools might come from, well, the financial avant-garde -- bankers, merchants, and investors hunting for short-term profits, not clergymen.

Safronov was among the clergymen who signed a public letter calling for the remains to be returned to his family.