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Examples
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Tohse hoo wont to clery brate teh weekend, forgit teh week and livitup a bit; joyn me in teh JCH4zillionK Nawty Barn!
meh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Did his attorney disclose the name of the clery person who molested him?
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I believe that politicking should be left to politicians and spirituality to the clery.
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Alan made a face, straddled his bike, and pulled off ahead of Purdy, leading him to a shop called Rim Cy - clery.
Higher Authority White, Stephen, 1951- 1994
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Society, the King charges the clery with extorting money
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I have seen occasional cases on non Irish clery committing these acts in other countries - but these have been isolated individuals and nothing like the rampant and sometimes coordinated paedolphilic abuse that occurred in Ireland.
Politics.ie aggressivesecularist 2010
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Ecumenical workshop for all Piedmont Triad clery and lay leaders,
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I have seen occasional cases on non Irish clery committing these acts in other countries - but these have been isolated individuals and nothing like the rampant and sometimes coordinated paedolphilic abuse that occurred in Ireland.
Politics.ie 2010
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No-one has commented on whether the high number of gay clery and the efforts of the Catholic Hierarchy to deny or cover up sexual activity among clergy was instrumental in the development of a culture of secrecy in the RCC which had consequences for the treatment of child sex abuse cases.
Politics.ie SirHenryGrattan 2009
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Up until 1139 all the clery could be married (Infact 39 popes where offically married).
Irish Blogs 2009
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