Sentence examples for secular authorities from inspiring English sources

The Middle Ages also saw the beginnings of support for hospital-like institutions by secular authorities.

Q: How likely is the Catholic Church to report priests accused of molestation to secular authorities?

"Now they're seeing what the secular authorities are doing about it.

The 2009 bill would have made secular authorities the only ones allowed to perform marriages.

Belgium is the country in which the secular authorities have stepped most forcefully into the Roman Catholic Church's abuse scandal.

Over the subsequent decades it has had various brawls with secular authorities over the use of birth control pills.

The act was opposed by the Roman Catholic Church, which objected to education being controlled by secular authorities.

Clohessy, who is sceptical of the Vatican's ability to bring paedophiles to justice, urged victims to contact secular authorities instead.

The conviction was evidence of the growing resolve of secular authorities, however belated, to venture up the hierarchical ladder in their search for accountability.

The conflict between clerical and secular authorities came to a head with an assassination attempt on the king, organised by a family to whom Malagrida acted as confessor.

[1] As the name suggests, sanctuaries were often originally sacred places (churches or monasteries) beyond the reach of the (secular) authorities.