1、Subject to dispensation, as a vow or church law.
2、But bishops and clergy in the church's General Synod gave a resounding thumbs down to proposals to amend church law to allow ministers to dress more casually.
3、A "statute of limitations" for child-abuse was extended by ten years; people aged up to 38 can now file charges against a priest, under church law, for harm suffered when they were minors.
4、A spokesman for the Polish episcopate said the legal basis for the resignation was part of church law requiring a bishop to stand down if he is" unable to properly exercise his office[ and therefore] is strongly requested to submit his resignation".
