A clergyman blesses the icy waters of a pond during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A clergyman enters the icy waters of a pond during celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A clergyman walks ahead of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa's arrival at the Church of Nativity, where crowds gather for the celebration, at the Manger Square, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman 

A handout letter obtained from the South Dakota Unified Judicial System, from Thomas Hillenbrand, former abbot of Blue Cloud Abbey, to a former St. Paul’s Indian Mission School student named Anita Honke (nee Markley) and her husband Richard. In the letter, dated April 19, 2003, Hillenbrand apologized to Honke for harm allegedly done to her as a child by "Fr. Francis," a priest from Blue Cloud Abbey who had taught at the boarding school. That now-deceased clergyman, whose full name was Francis Suttmiller, was claimed by locals to have "abused young girls at the mission. God only knows how many," the abbot wrote. The local Catholic diocese for years has contended in court proceedings that it’s not responsible for any purported harm because it didn’t operate the school or have direct oversight of the priests and nuns who staffed it. South Dakota Unified Judicial System/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. SEARCH "O'HARE YANKTON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Clergyman Matthias Keilholz poses in front of the Federal Court of Justice, or Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), after Germany's highest court ruled that a thirteenth century anti-Semitic sculpture displayed at St. Marien church in Wittenberg and known as "Judensau" or "Jew Sow" does not have to be removed, in Karlsruhe, Germany, June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Maximilian Schwarz 

Clergyman Alexander Garth poses in front of the Federal Court of Justice, or Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), after Germany's highest court ruled that a thirteenth century anti-Semitic sculpture displayed at St. Marien church in Wittenberg and known as "Judensau" or "Jew Sow" does not have to be removed, in Karlsruhe, Germany, June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Maximilian Schwarz 

German Parliament President Baerbel Bas accompanied by a clergyman lights a candle at a church in Bucha, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine May 8, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria REFILE - CORRECTING CITY 

German Parliament President Baerbel Bas accompanied by a clergyman walks by a church in Bucha, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine May 8, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria REFILE - CORRECTING CITY 

German Parliament President Baerbel Bas accompanied by a clergyman walks by a church in Bucha, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine May 8, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria REFILE - CORRECTING CITY 

A clergyman talks to a church employee after the Orthodox Easter service in the village of Yekaterininskoye in Omsk Region, Russia April 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

A clergyman attends the Orthodox Easter service in a church in the village of Yekaterininskoye in Omsk Region, Russia April 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

Priest Nikolai Gensitsky sprinkles holy water on a clergyman during the Orthodox Easter service in a church in the village of Yekaterininskoye in Omsk Region, Russia April 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

An Orthodox Christian clergyman holds a candlestick and a lamp as he delivers it following the Holy Fire ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
 

A clergyman wears a face shield while attending a Holy Mass held by Pope Francis at the Granaries, in Floriana, Malta, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli 

A clergyman conducts a service at the Resurrection New Athos Monastery, which accommodates refugees fleeing Ukraine-Russia conflict, in Lviv, Ukraine March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Pavlo Palamarchuk 

A clergyman conducts a liturgy at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ of the Greek Catholic Church, after Pope Francis called for an international day of "prayer for peace" to stop the Ukraine crisis, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko 

A clergyman arrives at the Church of the Nativity as people gather to celebrate the Armenian Christmas, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman 

A wood carving, brought from Tarsus, Turkey which is the birthplace of St Paul, is handed to a clergyman as "Little Amal", a 3.5 metre tall puppet of a young Syrian refugee girl, arrives at St Paul's Cathedral, as part of its 8,000 km tour across Europe from Turkey to Britain to raise awareness for the plight of young refugees, in London, Britain, October 23, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A clergyman conducts a service as Orthodox believers go on pilgrimage celebrating the icon of St. Nicholas in the village of Velikoretskoye in Kirov Region, Russia June 6, 2021. At least 17 thousand pilgrims, loaded with backpacks and some of them barefoot, took part in a five-day and 150-kilometer-long journey from Kirov to the village of Velikoretskoye, according to the local media. Picture taken June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

A clergyman sprinkles water on Orthodox believers, who go on pilgrimage celebrating the icon of St. Nicholas in Kirov Region, Russia June 4, 2021. At least 17 thousand pilgrims, loaded with backpacks and some of them barefoot, took part in a five-day and 150-kilometer-long journey from Kirov to the village of Velikoretskoye, according to the local media. Picture taken June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko 

A clergyman puts on protective gear while taking a fire safety course taught by local rescuers in Dzhankoy, Crimea May 13, 2021. Members of the clergy reviewed fire-extinguishing equipment, tried on protective gear and practised fire-fighting skills to be ready to respond to an emergency situation in a church. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak 

A clergyman sprays water while taking a fire safety course taught by local rescuers in Dzhankoy, Crimea May 13, 2021. Members of the clergy reviewed fire-extinguishing equipment, tried on protective gear and practised fire-fighting skills to be ready to respond to an emergency situation in a church. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak 

A clergyman puts on protective gear while taking a fire safety course taught by local rescuers in Dzhankoy, Crimea May 13, 2021. Members of the clergy reviewed fire-extinguishing equipment, tried on protective gear and practised fire-fighting skills to be ready to respond to an emergency situation in a church. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak 

A clergyman sprays water while taking a fire safety course taught by local rescuers in Dzhankoy, Crimea May 13, 2021. Members of the clergy reviewed fire-extinguishing equipment, tried on protective gear and practised fire-fighting skills to be ready to respond to an emergency situation in a church. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak 

A clergyman walks past militants of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic near the World War Two memorial Savur-Mohyla (Saur-Mogila) damaged in a recent conflict between the armed forces of Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels during a ceremony on the eve of Victory Day, which marks the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A clergyman conducts a service at the grave of a militant killed in a recent conflict between the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Ukraine near the World War Two memorial Savur-Mohyla (Saur-Mogila) on the eve of Victory Day, which marks the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine May 8, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A clergyman holds a lantern with a candle upon the arrival of the Holy Fire, outside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma 

A clergyman joins other protesters marching in the evening after family members were shown body camera footage of a deputy sheriff shooting and killing Black suspect Andrew Brown Jr. last week, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S. April 26, 2021. Picture taken April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake 

A clergyman riding in a car blesses a boy during Palm Sunday, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Qlayaa, southern Lebanon March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher 

A clergyman walks outside the Iversky monastery, which was heavily damaged by artillery and gun fire during a battle for a local airport between the armed forces of Ukraine and the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, following a service in Donetsk, Ukraine, February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A clergyman holds a cross during a National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in Westminster, amid the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, London, Britain November 8, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Pool 

A clergyman wearing a face mask attends a prayer marking the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Moscow's grand mosque in Russia July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov 

A clergyman reads the Koran during a prayer marking the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Moscow's grand mosque in Russia July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov 

A clergyman of the Gabula church, arrives carrying a crate of empty beer bottles ahead of a "church service" as South Africa eases some aspects of a stringent nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Evaton June 28, 2020. Picture taken June 28, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko 

A clergyman of the Gabula church drinks beer during a "church service" as South Africa eases some aspects of a stringent nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Evaton June 28, 2020. Picture taken June 28, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko 

A clergyman sits in the Church of the Nativity as it reopens after Palestinians ease the restrictions of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma 

A woman mourns next to a funeral service vehicle transporting the coffin of Orthodox deacon Andrei Molchanov, 54, who died after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), near a church, where Molchanov served as a clergyman, in Moscow, Russia May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

People attend a service before the funeral of Orthodox deacon Andrei Molchanov, 54, who died after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside a church, where Molchanov served as a clergyman, in Moscow, Russia May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

People attend a service before the funeral of Orthodox deacon Andrei Molchanov, 54, who died after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside a church, where Molchanov served as a clergyman, in Moscow, Russia May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A priest wearing a protective face mask conducts a funeral service broadcast online, next to the coffin of Orthodox deacon Andrei Molchanov, 54, who died after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside a church, where Molchanov served as a clergyman, in Moscow, Russia May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A priest wearing a protective face mask conducts a funeral service next to the coffin of Orthodox deacon Andrei Molchanov, 54, who died after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside a church, where Molchanov served as a clergyman, in Moscow, Russia May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

A priest wearing a protective face mask conducts a funeral service next to the coffin of Orthodox deacon Andrei Molchanov, 54, who died after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside a church, where Molchanov served as a clergyman, in Moscow, Russia May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

The statue of American clergyman and author Edward Everett Hale is draped to look like a healthcare worker with the word "HERO" on the back, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

A clergyman wearing a protective mask is seen near the entrance of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery, where dozens of people including priests reportedly contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kiev, Ukraine April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

A member of the Ukrainian National Guard and a clergyman wearing protective masks are seen near the entrance of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery, where dozens of people including priests reportedly contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kiev, Ukraine April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

A clergyman wearing a protective mask stands near the entrance of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery, where dozens of people including priests reportedly contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kiev, Ukraine April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

A member of the Ukrainian National Guard and a clergyman walk near the entrance of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery, where dozens of people including priests reportedly contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kiev, Ukraine April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

A clergyman wearing a protective mask walks in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery, where dozens of people including priests reportedly contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kiev, Ukraine April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

A clergyman wearing a protective mask stands near the entrance of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery, where dozens of people including priests reportedly contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kiev, Ukraine April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

A clergyman and believers wearing protective masks hold candles outside a church during an Orthodox Easter service, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Marneuli, Georgia April 19, 2020. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze 

A clergyman walks during an Orthodox Easter service without public due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Voznesenskiy cathedral in Almaty, Kazakhstan April 18, 2020. Picture taken April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev 

An Orthodox Christian clergyman holds a lamp and a candlestick as another worshipper takes fire from it following The Holy Fire ceremony that took place in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

An Orthodox Christian clergyman holds a candlestick and a lamp as he delivers it following The Holy Fire ceremony that took place in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

An Orthodox Christian clergyman holds candles stick after The Holy Fire ceremony just outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak April 18, 2020 REUTERS/ Ammar Awad 

An Orthodox Christian clergyman holds lamps as he delivers it following The Holy Fire ceremony that took place in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak April 18, 2020 REUTERS/ Ammar Awad 

An Orthodox Christian clergyman holds candles-stick as he delivers following The Holy Fire ceremony that took place in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre n Jerusalem's Old City amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak April 18, 2020 REUTERS/ Ammar Awad 

Orthodox Christian clergyman holds a stick with fire after The Holy Fire ceremony just outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak April 18, 2020 REUTERS/ Ammar Awad 

A clergyman wearing a protective face mask sprinkles holy water on believers during a ceremony to bless Easter cakes and eggs on the eve of the Orthodox Easter, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Stavropol, Russia April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko