Sentences with phrase «decreasing number of priests»

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One conclusion was that «if the yearly ordination totals fordiocesan priests accused are compared to the overall number of diocesan priests ordained in that year, the percentages of accused priests range from a maximum of almost 10 \ % in 1970, decreasing to 8 \ % in 1980 and to fewer than 4 \ % in 1990.»