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I've read that in some historical states Catholic Clergymen wern't subject to secular law, instead they had to be tried by ecclesiastic courts. Which were the last countries that allowed this privilige, and how did the practice end? Were they any surprisngly modern hold-outs?

by /u/Jirardwenthard in /r/AskHistorians

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