31.   Cardinal Roger M. Mahony was a parish priest in Fresno, Calif., serving mass at dawn to migrant farm workers.

32.   Church leaders and parish priests say the road ahead will not be easy.

33.   Customarily, such letters are passed on to parish priests who may read them to their congregations.

34.   Duarte claimed that his information came from parish priests and local citizens.

35.   During confession, he said, Fischer, his parish priest, made advances.

36.   Director Jonathan Demme profiles a relative, an inner-city parish priest and champion of political causes.

37.   Even when the evidence is compelling, even when the case is proven, most are loath to think ill of their parish priest.

38.   Father Hidalgo is also memorialized a few blocks away, at the home he shared with the other parish priests.

39.   Even the parish priest gave his blessing with a smile.

40.   Former priest Michael Bland said he was a teen-ager when he was abused by a parish priest.