priest-penitent privilege - Legal Definition
n
Disclosures
made to clergy members while in active practice of their clerical duties as
spiritual advisors are protected from disclosure. Some states have broadened
this privilege to include marriage counselors as well as those giving counsel
for other difficulties.
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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