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Leo, a canon lawyer, may want to steer clear of the whole thing to try to give the tribunal the impression of being independent.
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
Recently, a team of canon lawyers set out to propose norms to fill that legislative gap.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 7 June 2023
Gerlach sought independent counsel, Bobo said, but the bishop rejected three of her choices and instead appointed a canon lawyer without her consent or approval.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 25 May 2023
Rather than being a theologian or a canon lawyer, his intellectual interest was history, and especially the Church-reforming work of St. Charles Borromeo in 16th-century Milan—a previous moment of social, political and ecclesiastical turmoil.
—George Weigel, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
Condon, nephew of Catholic University President John Garvey, grew up in New Jersey and England, and worked in British politics for years before serving as a canon lawyer in U.S. dioceses.
—Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2021
Connell, also a canon lawyer who is now retired from his position with the archdiocese, said AP's findings convinced him that Catholic entities did not need government aid — especially when thousands of small businesses were permanently closing.
—Reese Dunklin and Michael Rezendes, Star Tribune, 4 Feb. 2021
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
Recently, a team of canon lawyers set out to propose norms to fill that legislative gap.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 7 June 2023
Gerlach sought independent counsel, Bobo said, but the bishop rejected three of her choices and instead appointed a canon lawyer without her consent or approval.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 25 May 2023
Rather than being a theologian or a canon lawyer, his intellectual interest was history, and especially the Church-reforming work of St. Charles Borromeo in 16th-century Milan—a previous moment of social, political and ecclesiastical turmoil.
—George Weigel, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
Condon, nephew of Catholic University President John Garvey, grew up in New Jersey and England, and worked in British politics for years before serving as a canon lawyer in U.S. dioceses.
—Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2021
Connell, also a canon lawyer who is now retired from his position with the archdiocese, said AP's findings convinced him that Catholic entities did not need government aid — especially when thousands of small businesses were permanently closing.
—Reese Dunklin and Michael Rezendes, Star Tribune, 4 Feb. 2021
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“Canon lawyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canon%20lawyer. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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