1.   The priest remains in hiding after threats by former officials of the ousted dictatorship.

2.   Lapsed priests remain priests, but tend to be unemployable in their clerical functions.

3.   Although the young priest remained apolitical when Poland was dominated by the Soviet Union, he later added a forceful voice to the anti-Communist Solidarity movement.

4.   An hour after mourners had left, one priest remained.

5.   Donna M. Morrissey, the archdiocesan spokeswoman, noted that another priest remains at St. Nicholas parish.

6.   Egan has since denied that he knowingly allowed abusive priests to remain active.

7.   Many priests remain in exile in Zaire, as does at least one Catholic bishop.

8.   Nor did she blame the problem on the Catholic requirement that priests remain celibate.

9.   Once ordained, priests remain ordained for life, although they can be stripped of their right to serve as active clerics.