Showing posts with label Clergy-Penitent Privilege. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clergy-Penitent Privilege. Show all posts
Thursday, May 02, 2024

Court Dismisses Suit Over Disclosure of Clergy-Penitent Conversation

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In Stephens v. Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ,  (Dutchess Cty. NY Sup. Ct., April 29, 2024), a N...
Thursday, April 04, 2024

Uganda Constitutional Court Upholds Most of Anti-Homosexuality Act; Mandatory Reporting of Homosexuality Invalidated

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In Odoi-Oywelowo v. Attorney General , (Const. Ct. Uganda, April 3, 2024), Uganda's Constitutional Court in a unanimous 203-page opinion...
Thursday, February 01, 2024

Recorded Statements Made to Church Leaders and Pastor Not Privileged

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In State of Florida v. Gonzalez , (FL App., Jan. 31, 2024), a Florida state appellate court held that a video recording of a meeting between...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Court Defines Clergy-Penitent Privilege Under Montana Law

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Caekaert v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York ,  (D MT, May 22, 2023), involved a motion by plaintiff to compel production of d...
Friday, January 10, 2020

Wife of Sex Offender Sues Church For Reporting Confessed Abuse

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The Salem (OR) Statesman Journal reports on a suit filed recently in an Oregon state trial court by the wife of convicted sex offender Tim...

Jehovah's Witness Practices Are Within Confidentiality Exception To Mandatory Abuse Reporting

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In Nunez v. Watchtower Bible and  Tract Society of New York, Inc. ,  (MT Sup. Ct., Jan. 8, 2020), the Montana Supreme Court reversed a jury ...
Wednesday, July 03, 2019

Vatican Reiterates Inviolability of Confessional

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On Monday, the Vatican, with the approval of Pope Francis, released the  Note of the Apostolic Penitentiary on the Importance of the Interna...
Saturday, June 16, 2018

Florida Appeals Court Upholds Priest's Objections To Testifying About Statements Made In Confessional

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In Ronchi v. State of Florida ,  (FL App., June 15, 2018), a Florida state appellate court held that it would violate Florida's Religiou...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Australian Commission Recommends That Child Sex Abuse Learned In Confession Must Be Reported To Authorities

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Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse yesterday issued a  release  (which includes links to fu...
Thursday, March 02, 2017

Suit Over Priest's Breach of Confessional Secrecy Is Dismissed

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In Sonnier v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette , 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26498 (WD LA, Feb. 23, 2017), a Louisiana federal district court ...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

Louisiana Supreme Court Says No Mandatory Reporting of Abuse Discovered In Confessional

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In Mayeux v. Charlet ,  (LA Sup. Ct., Oct. 28, 2016), the Louisiana Supreme Court held that under Louisiana statutes Catholic priests when a...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

In Discovery, Most Documents Fail Clergy-Penitent Privilege

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In McFarland v. West Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Lorain, Ohio, Inc. ,  (OH App., Aug. 22, 2016), an Ohio appeals court affirmed...
Tuesday, August 02, 2016

Penitent May Testify To Her Statements To Priest In Confession

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As previously reported , in February a Louisiana trial court held that a plaintiff suing the Catholic Church and a priest can testify that i...
Monday, February 29, 2016

State Exception To Priest-Penitent Privilege Violates Louisiana Religious Freedom Act

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The Baton Rouge Advocate reports on a Louisiana state trial court decision handed down on Friday that upholds, on religious freedom grounds...
Tuesday, February 02, 2016

Court Says Priest-Penitent Privilege From Reporting Child Abuse May Be Unconstitutional

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Delaware Code, Title 16, Chap. 9 requires reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect to authorities. Under Sec. 909, the only privileges ...
Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Clergy-Penitent Privilege Does Not Shield Disclosure of Writer of Defamatory Letter

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In Jaime Doe v. Catholic Diocese of Rockford , (IL App., Sept. 4, 2015), plaintiff sued seeking the identity of the writer of an allegedly d...