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The three killers might have gotten away with their crime if not for Casey, who eight months after the murder confessed to a clergyman and then led police to Pahler's mummified body.
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Chris Spargo, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The clergyman was from the Maryknoll mission, a Roman Catholic order that had long worked with the Japanese American community and was now assisting with their removal from the West Coast.
—Tracy Slater
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Born in 1775, Austen grew up in the Hampshire countryside, where her father served as a clergyman in the village of Steventon.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
Images on social media showed clergymen in black robes who had rushed to the scene jostling with police as members of the NSS stood by.
—Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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Chris Spargo, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The clergyman was from the Maryknoll mission, a Roman Catholic order that had long worked with the Japanese American community and was now assisting with their removal from the West Coast.
—Tracy Slater
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Born in 1775, Austen grew up in the Hampshire countryside, where her father served as a clergyman in the village of Steventon.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
Images on social media showed clergymen in black robes who had rushed to the scene jostling with police as members of the NSS stood by.
—Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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“Clergyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clergyman. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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clergyman
noun
cler·gy·man
ˈklər-ji-mən 
: a member of the clergy
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