The phrase "a group of lay" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression, possibly intended to refer to "a group of laypeople" or "a group of laypersons."
Example: "The conference was attended by a group of laypeople who were interested in the topic."
Alternatives: "a group of non-experts" or "a group of amateurs."
The chairman of the Interdiocesan Pastoral Council, a group of lay people working in the church, added its voice on Wednesday.
An auxiliary bishop at the Boston Archdiocese has barred the Voice of the Faithful, a group of lay Roman Catholics formed in response to the sexual-abuse scandal, from meeting in a church in North Andover.
Dr. Muller, a cardiologist, is a leader of Voice of the Faithful, a group of lay Catholics formed four months ago by about two dozen parishioners discussing the scandal.
A21 Church Group Seeks Democracy Voice of the Faithful, a group of lay Roman Catholics formed in Massachusetts four months ago by about two dozen parishioners discussing the sex abuse scandal, has mushroomed into an organization claiming nearly 10,000 members from about 40 states and 21 countries.
In seeking to make themselves better known, Holy Trinity and a few other monasteries have been aided by a Florida woman with marketing experience, Natalie Smith, who belongs to a group of lay people associated with the Abbey of the Holy Spirit, a monastery in Conyers, Ga.
But Mike Emerton, a spokesman for the Voice of the Faithful, a group of lay Catholics formed in response to the scandal, said bishops like Cardinal Law should adopt tough sexual abuse policies now, and then reconcile those policies with whatever the Vatican ultimately approves.
A large group of lay interviewers aged ≥18 years, with an average of 2 years of interviewing experience, administered the questionnaire.
"We're trying to model the way the church is going to be, one priest with a whole group of lay people," he said.
But he did appear to side with Voice of the Faithful, a growing group of lay Catholics that has encountered resistance to its push for more lay influence in the church.
June Purvis Portsmouth If I understand the situation correctly, it wasn't the majority of (male) bishops or the clergy who opposed the ordination of women bishops but a small group of lay people, including women.
Yet the feeling persists that the Catholic church in Scotland is being directed by a hard-line group of lay religious ultras who have exploited a leadership vacuum in the church following the Cardinal O'Brien scandal.
