A predominately lay board of trustees was formed.

Mr. Quinones, he said, was "taking a lay board and blaming them for the mismanagement of the district."

In recent years, Father Fay also picked the members of the church's lay boards rather than let parishioners cast ballots, as they once did.

Even so, the programs at Catholic colleges, many of which are run by lay governing boards, have met little protest from students or the church.

The lay board formally appealed to the Holy See and that appeal was denied.

He has served on a lay board of the Baltimore Archdiocese that reviews child sexual abuse cases.

"Nobody anywhere in this country has conferred this kind of authority on a lay board."

In 1971, a period of transition began, and the school was placed under the control of a lay board.

Today, a lay board of trustees governs the university's operations.

If an organization has a lay board, is it automatically ineligible for the religious exemption?