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KENTUCKY RULES OF EVIDENCE
.Rule 505Religious privilege
Download pdfindividual reasonably believed so to be by the person consulting him. (2) A communication is "confidential" if made privately and not intended for further disclosure except to other persons present in furtherance of the purpose
of the communication. (b) General rule of privilege. A person has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent another from disclosing a confidential communication between the person
and a clergyman in his professional character as spiritual adviser. (c) Who may claim the privilege. The privilege may be claimed by the person, by his guardian or conservator, or by his personal representative if he is deceased. The
person who was the clergyman at the time of the communication is presumed to
have authority to claim the privilege but only on behalf of the communicant. Effective: July 1, 1992
History: Enacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 27; amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 10; renumbered (7/1/92) pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34.
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