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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

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2. There was a similar lawsuit in Louisiana last year that upheld the seal.

Mon Feb 6, 2017, 01:12 PM

Feb 2017

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/louisiana-court-upholds-priests-seal-of-confession-rights-48236/

There are many policy reasons, as you say, almost all secular, to uphold the evidentiary privilege.

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