ARTICLE 8. Clergy Penitent Privileges

Heading of Article 8 amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 806, Sec. 18.

§§ 1030–1034 · 5 sections

• § 1030 As used in this article, a “member of the clergy” means a priest, minister, religious practitioner, or similar functionary of a church or of a religious…
• § 1031 As used in this article, “penitent” means a person who has made a penitential communication to a member of the clergy.
• § 1032 As used in this article, “penitential communication” means a communication made in confidence, in the presence of no third person so far as the penitent is…
• § 1033 Subject to Section 912, a penitent, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a penitential…
• § 1034 Subject to Section 912, a member of the clergy, whether or not a party, has a privilege to refuse to disclose a penitential communication if he or she claims…