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At the center of the case is Ayman Soliman, a former Cincinnati Children's hospital chaplain now in the Butler County Jail near Cincinnati, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement has held him since July 9.
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Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2025
What neither girl expected was to discover that Catherine’s mother, Wendy — a fire department chaplain and grief counselor — had been called to the scene of Lizzie’s father’s death five years ago.
—Sean Mandell, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
On the other end of the line, a chaplain at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center broke the news that Gold’s son, Phillip Michael Rose, had died.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Sister Jean has enjoyed some of her most exciting years as the Loyola basketball team chaplain.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2025
What neither girl expected was to discover that Catherine’s mother, Wendy — a fire department chaplain and grief counselor — had been called to the scene of Lizzie’s father’s death five years ago.
—Sean Mandell, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
On the other end of the line, a chaplain at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center broke the news that Gold’s son, Phillip Michael Rose, had died.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Sister Jean has enjoyed some of her most exciting years as the Loyola basketball team chaplain.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
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Ian Wilkinson, a pastor at a local church and the sole surviving guest of the lunch, told last month's hearing that the death of his wife had left him bereft.—
Alasdair Pal,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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She was also found guilty of attempting to murder Heather's husband, pastor Ian Wilkinson, 68, who remained hospitalized for weeks, 9 News reported at the time.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Her closeness to a man, her confessor Father Van Exem, was questioned by her congregation.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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The automatic consequence for a confessor who breaks the seal of confession is excommunication – that is, banned, at least temporarily, from the sacraments of the church.—
Timothy Gabrielli,
The Conversation,
25 Aug. 2025
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Believers from across the Chicago area came to visit the Pilgrim Mother, which was blessed by Monsignor Efraín Hernández Díaz, rector of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.—
Paulina Czupryna,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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Messages left with Sacred Heart Major Seminary and its current rector/president, Very Rev. Stephen Burr, were not returned.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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In a letter accompanying McKnight’s, the Rev. John Riley, the archdiocese’s vicar general and chancellor, asked those with information or concerns regarding the matter to contact the Miami County Sheriff’s Department at (913) 294-3232.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
16 Aug. 2025
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The saga began on Jan. 26 when Rev. John Melnick, vicar for clergy of the Archdiocese, announced the allegations and Jacobs’ removal from the Holy Trinity altar during Sunday Mass, which was also broadcast on YouTube.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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The missionaries arrived in 1820, and mosquitos not too long after in 1826.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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As cinematic tapestry, Mitevska’s cloistered film does feel cut from the cloth of Calcutta in 1948 and from the Catholic missionary work one attributes to that time.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025
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The Christian city was a significant bishop's seat in the region during the Byzantine era.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Before their procession Saturday, the pilgrims gathered for a Mass in the Gesù church held by a senior Italian bishop, Francesco Savino.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
17 June 2022
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Eby will continue to serve as outreach missioner at the Church of the Nativity and as priest-in-charge at St. Timothy’s Church in Athens.—
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1 Dec. 2020
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“Chaplain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaplain. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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