Miss. Supreme Court Rules On Priest-Penitent Privilege In Discovery

On September 15, the Mississippi Supreme Court in Mississippi United Methodist Conference v. Brown held that a document-by-document review was required in discovery to determine whether particular documents were covered by the priest-penitent privilege. Today's Jackson, Mississippi Clarion-Ledger reports on the case which involves release of United Methodist Church documents to a woman who had filed a $10 million lawsuit against a minister who sexually assaulted her.