复数： clericals

Newspapers demanded to know if the pope would meet victims of clerical sex abuse .

报纸想知道教皇是否会会见教士性虐待案的受害者。

Alternatively , " pure " clerical power can use its prerogatives ( over sacraments like baptism or marriage or absolution ) to exercise authority over everybody else , including worldly rulers .

另一方面，“纯洁”的神职人员势力可以利用其特权（如洗礼，婚姻，赦免等宗教仪式）来强化凌驾于所有人，包括世俗统治者之上的权威。

It 's a role that sadr , the scion of a prominent clerical family , has been building toward since 2003 .

自2003年以来，出身于优秀的牧师世家的萨德尔一直在构建这一角色。

King abdullah bin abdulaziz al saud , saudi arabia 's 87-year-old ruler , has engaged in a gradual programme of social reforms , some of them easing some restrictions against women , despite strong opposition from the fundamentalist clerical establishment .

87岁的沙特国王阿卜杜拉本阿卜杜勒阿齐兹，已经参与了一项社会改革，虽然来自原教旨主义教士阶层的反对声音很大，有些方面对妇女的限制开始放松。

On the same day police raided the home of a retired archbishop , drilled holes in the tomb of at least one cardinal ( looking for hidden papers ) and took away 450 documents from the office of a church committee that was probing clerical abuse .

同日，警方突袭了一名退休大主教的住处，在至少一名位红衣主教的墓顶上钻洞打孔（寻找匿藏的文件），并从一个正在查询教士虐待事件的教区委员会办公室里取走了450份文件。