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The clergy–penitent privilege, clergy privilege, confessional privilege, priest–penitent privilege, pastor–penitent privilege, clergyman–communicant privilege, or ecclesiastical privilege, is a rule of evidence that forbids judicial inquiry into certain communications (spoken or otherwise) between clergy and members of their congregation. [1]
Who qualifies as a member of the clergy; What communications are covered by the privilege; Who holds the privilege [3] The Child Welfare Information Gateway states that the privilege of maintaining this confidentiality under State law must be provided by statute. Most States provide for clergy–penitent privilege within rules of evidence or ...
Attorney–client privilege; Confessional privilege in the United States; I Confess, a 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film in which priest-penitent privilege is prominently featured; Omertà; Physician–patient privilege; Priest-penitent privilege; Priest-penitent privilege in England; Priest-penitent privilege in France; Seal of the Confessional and ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Archdiocese of New Orleans has released a list of 57 priests and other clergy it says faced credible allegations of child sex abuse. It says those under archdiocese ...
In a ruling on Friday, Cochise County Superior Court Judge Timothy Dickerson said the state’s clergy-penitent privilege excused two bishops and several other officials with the church, widely ...
"Clergy–penitent privilege" is privileged communication that protects communication between a member of the clergy and a communicant, who shares information in confidence. When applied, neither the minister nor the "penitent" can be forced to testify in court, by deposition, or other legal proceedings, about the contents of the communication ...
Feb. 20—An archdiocese-maintained list of Catholic clergy members who have been deemed "credibly accused" of sexual abuse in Northern New Mexico parishes should also include others named by ...
In the canon law of the Catholic Church, ecclesiastical privileges are the privileges enjoyed by the clergy. Their scope varied over time. [1] The main privileges are: [1] Privilegium canonis, regarding personal inviolability against malicious injury; Privilegium fori, regarding a special tribunal in civil and criminal causes before an ...