1.   At that conference the number of delegates allowed for more lay activists to be involved.

2.   In late April, Law ordered archdiocesan priests not to cooperate with an evolving coalition of parish leaders, a move that stunned many loyal lay activists.

3.   Several other priests, nuns and lay activists have been locked up as often.

4.   Some lay church activists recently created a World Wide Web site to disseminate information on the controversy at Hellenic.

5.   But many Catholic priests and lay activists cheered the letter, provoking a discussion about the role of the church.

6.   The Church is slow to judge such events as miracles, but lay activists are condemning the phenomena.

7.   Three other monks and two lay activists were convicted at the same time and sentenced to terms ranging from three to five years.