1.   But in this Boston suburb still reeling from the clergy sex abuse crisis, Muller was careful with his words.

2.   Other church fund-raising efforts have been hurt by the clergy sexual abuse crisis.

3.   The highly unusual meeting was held in Rome to disuss the widening clergy sexual abuse crisis that has gripped the US church since January.

4.   The Vatican, in its first comments on the clergy sexual abuse crisis, declared this weekend that gay men should not be ordained as priests.

5.   Without female clergy, mainline denominations would be experiencing a clergy crisis similar to the one in the Roman Catholic Church.