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  1. n. Alternative capitalization of Monsignor

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  • “MARTIN: And to that point, Professor Garland, you know, the monsignor is pointing out there actually is a large degree of inappropriate sexual involvement with adults, and that's one of the things that gets the headlines.”

    NPR: Church Tackles Sex Abuse By Clergy

  • “(To one of his antagonists, a certain monsignor in the chancellery who frequently phoned to admonish him, Judge once said: "If I've ever done anything to embarrass or hurt the church I love so much, you can burn me at the stake in front of St. Patrick's.")”

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  • “The Vatican said Saturday it has suspended a monsignor from a senior post at the Holy See after an Italian TV program using a hidden camera recorded him making advances to a young man and asserting that gay sex was not sinful.”

    Vatican suspends Italian monsignor over gay sex | Disinformation

  • “A few months back, he called the monsignor at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with a confession - he was looking for another job.”

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  • “The spy was named Nicola Calipari, and the monsignor was his brother.”

    Newsweek: All Good Things

  • “The monsignor is a professor of canon law in Rome, and consultor for the Congregation for Eastern Churches, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and other Roman Curia organizations.”

    Challenges of Catholic-Orthodox Dialogue

  • “The monsignor was a most wary man, and very difficult to catch napping when warned in time.”

    Cenci Celebrated Crimes

  • “The monsignor is the highest-ranking member of a Roman Catholic diocese nationwide to stand trial for crimes related to clergy sex abuse.”

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  • “The monsignor was a legendary figure, attired in clerical frockcoat and black shovel hat, who announced that women undergraduates did not come under his care.”

    Commonweal Magazine

  • “Sometimes among the guests he would meet a young "monsignor," discreetly smiling, whose emerald ring it was necessary to kiss.”

    Caesar or Nothing

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  • lweber5@scf.edu Apostolic protonotaries and domestic prelates, who are addressed as "right reverend monsignor. -Websters Dictionary pg.51 Sep 23, 2010

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