Representatives of the Brooklyn diocese, which includes Brooklyn and Queens, preferred to inspire their own lay committees to review candidates.

A lay committee has also begun an inquiry.

Officials in several dioceses said they were preparing to appoint their lay committees, which church officials often call lay review boards.

Mr. Gasner became Chairman of the lay committee and Rabbi Nachman Shemen was engaged to run the department.

This was a lay committee, with a lay clerk.

In Indiana, the Sisters of Benedict assembled a lay committee of professionals with experience in marketing and communications.

Patients who passed the initial medical screening were then further reviewed by an anonymous lay committee which decided who would get treatment.

All Armenian education is under the direction of lay committees.

The final decision is made by a lay committee of new music enthusiasts who are highly knowledgeable about the state of new music.

He also insisted that the selection process for each of the five awards-though dominated by professionals-include one step involving a lay committee knowledgeable in each field.