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	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	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	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	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	Clergy-Penitent Privilege Doesn't Apply in Molestation Case September/October 2011	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	Clergy-Penitent Privilege Waived September/October 2011	Confidential and Privileged Communications
	Keeping a Secret March/April 2011	Confidential and Privileged Communications
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