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New Mexico Court: Child Abuse Reporting Laws Did Not Apply to Pastor’s Testimony
April 2022
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Defamation Claim Dismissed Due to Church’s “Qualified Privilege”
March 2022
Confidential and Privileged Communications; Defamation
Sexual Abuse Conviction Upheld Despite the Defendant’s Claim His Pastor Broke Privilege
January 2022
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Pastor’s Conversation with the Defendant Allowed in Murder Case
March 2021
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Pastor Allowed to Testify at a Man’s Sexual Abuse Trial
March 2021
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Defendant's Meeting with Pastor Was Not for Spiritual Advice
October 2020
Confidential and Privileged Communications
A Murder Confession to a Pastor Not Considered Privileged
September 2020
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Pastor’s Multiple Acts of Sexual Misconduct Not Necessarily Protected by First Amendment
March/April 2019
Confidential and Privileged Communications; Sexual Misconduct by Clergy, Lay Employees, and Volunteers
Clergy-Penitent Privilege Not Applicable to a Conversation with a Church Elder
March/April 2019
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Compelling Priest to Disclose Confidential Information Violated Religious Freedom Restoration Act
March/April 2019
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Murder Suspect's Statements to Church Employee Not Privileged
September/October 2018
Confidential and Privileged Communications
First Amendment Religion Clauses Prohibit Court from Resolving Confidential Communications Claim
May/June 2018
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Clergy-Penitent Privilege May Not Protect Church Elders Who Did Not Report Child Abuse Case
March/April 2017
Child Abuse Reporting; Confidential and Privileged Communications
Incriminating Statements Made to Pastor Not Confidential Due to Public Setting, Retelling to Others
January/February 2017
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Lay Bible Study Leader Successfully Invokes Clergy-Penitent Privilege
November/December 2016
Confidential and Privileged Communications; Counseling
Author's Identity of Anonymous Letter Not Protected by Clergy-Penitent Privilege
November/December 2016
Confidential and Privileged Communications
‘Spiritual Adviser’ Limits of Clergy-Penitent Privilege Outlined by Massachusetts Court Ruling
July/August 2016
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Federal Court Notes Limits and Protections of Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege and Clergy-Penitent Privilege
May/June 2016
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Clergy-Penitent Privilege Invalid in Murder Case
November/December 2012
Confidential and Privileged Communications
Conversations Shouldn't Have Been Used for Prosecution
September/October 2011
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