2013 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 8. PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER 4. Particular Privileges
ARTICLE 8. Clergy Penitent Privileges
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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 aware, to a member of the clergy who, in the course of the discipline or practice of the clergy member s church, denomination, or organization, is authorized or accustomed to hear those communications and, under the discipline or tenets of his or her church, denomination, or organization, has a duty to keep those communications secret.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 806, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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