In the early days of the settlement, church services for the many different denominations were held in the Vereins Kirche (or society church), a two-story, octangular-structure built in the central part of Main Street.

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Priests in the early days of the church were married: some argue that the only reason the rule was introduced was to ensure all property went to the church, rather than priests' children.

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"These things don't get immediately disentangled, " says Church, who worked in the medical biotech business as a researcher in the early days of Biogen, now part of Biogen Idec, before coming to Harvard.

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