Sentence examples for proportion of priests from inspiring English sources
A12 NEW YORK/REGION B1-6 Recruiting Success Favored Bishop Egan Bishop Egan has vigorously recruited men for the priesthood, ordaining a higher proportion of priests than any other diocese in the Northeast.
At a time when other dioceses throughout the nation are struggling through a shortage of priests, Bishop Egan has vigorously recruited men like Mr. Pavia for the priesthood, ordaining a higher proportion of priests than any other diocese in the Northeast.
In all areas, a higher proportion of priests left than laypeople, which has been attributed to the communists inflicting heavier punishments on more prominent opposition figures, such as clerics.
Barbara Dorris, outreach director of the Survivors' Network of those Abused by Priests, said on Sunday that BishopAccountability.org, a website that attempts to document abuse cases and apparent cover-ups, had figures suggesting that the proportion of US priests accused of abuse from 1950 until 2013 was about 5.6%.
With their zero-tolerance policy, American bishops seemed to conclude that the scandal of child sexual abuse by priests -- and of bishops' failure to monitor and prevent those crimes -- had reached such proportions that the rights of priests needed to be abridged.
The proportion of US Catholics who regard priests as honest and ethical has plummeted to a record low of fewer than one in three, according to a survey.
"Now the state is trying to compensate for this by giving back a small proportion of what it has taken". Priests also receive money from their congregations, often entering parishioners' houses to ask for donations.
Furthermore, there were several grades of priests.
In the Catholic tradition, there are two different sorts of priests: secular priests and religious priests.
The number of priests is also falling.
It is worth noting that a proportion of the young revolutionaries of the late 19th century were children of Orthodox priests or persons associated with religious sects.
