(Fwd from Teresa Collett) priest-penitent privilege

[Eugene Volokh]

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Date sent:      Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:38:57 EDT
To:             VOLOKH at law.ucla.edu (Eugene Volokh)
Subject:        priest-penitent privilege

Please forward for me.  Thanks.

A history of the privilege can be found at Jacob C. Yellin, The History and
Current Status of the Clergy-Penitent Privilege, 23 Santa Clara L. Rev. 95
(1983).  For a comparison of the duty of confidentialty by lawyers,
therapists, and priests see 29 LOY. L.A. L. REV. 1700 (1996).  I believe that
Patrick Schiltz at Notre Dame has some expertise on this issue also.

Teresa S. Collett
Professor of Law
South Texas College of Law
Texas A&M University Law Center
1303 San Jacinto
Houston, TX  77002-7000


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