Assertion: secrecy | /r/CapableOf | cloak the process
Facets:
value: to a cardinal
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from secretary
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Second, secrecy cloaked the process by which this same offending churchman rose through the ranks of the clerical hierarchy—from secretary to a cardinal all the way to becoming a cardinal himself—even though it now seems that many of the high-ranking Church officials who were involved in aiding and approving his ascent had heard reports of his scandalous behavior.