St. Thomas Becket December 29th | Saint of the Day

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Thomas Becket's main falling out with the king was that Henry II wanted clergy to be tried in criminal courts under exactly the same laws as everyone else. The separate church system for dealing with crime is what lead to paedophile priests being covered up and moved around rather than handed to the police.