This proved unpopular among the clergy and laity alike. This further distanced the secular laity from the clergy. Gregory legislated on the behaviour of the laity and the clergy. Most of the parish clergy were Catholics. Many members of the Roman Catholic clergy suffered persecution. The church has defined rules on who may be ordained into the clergy. The church also supported the political power of those who were friendly toward the clergy. Services are conducted in the church and involve both the clergy and faithful. There were mass arrests of clergy and Church presses were expropriated. Seminaries are private institutions for those preparing to become members of the clergy. Ecclesiastical addresses are the formal styles of address used for members of the clergy. It is the primary garment worn by the clergy and members of religious orders. The Kashubians faced Germanification efforts, including those by evangelical Lutheran clergy. It was previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy. The school consisted of monks, secular clergy, and boys.