In the period of history I studied (16th/17th century) the clergy would sometimes find a way to soften the blow, burying them just outside the churchyard, or keeping a separate record of their deaths (which was important from our point of view because, otherwise, they were completely eliminated from the historical record). Are they still excluded from consecrated ground, do you know?
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In the period of history I studied (16th/17th century) the clergy would sometimes find a way to soften the blow, burying them just outside the churchyard, or keeping a separate record of their deaths (which was important from our point of view because, otherwise, they were completely eliminated from the historical record). Are they still excluded from consecrated ground, do you know?