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Court attempts to compel priest to break confessional seal in abuse case
Friday, July 11, 2014 20:02
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Catholic News Service
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana's Supreme Court has ruled that a priest may be compelled to testify as to what he heard in the confessional in 2008 concerning an abuse case.
The priest, Father Jeff Bayhi, faces automatic excommunication if he breaks the seal of the confessional. But he also could face jailing if found to be in contempt of the court should he refuse to testify.
Source: http://stlouisreview.com/article/2014-07-09/court-attempts-compel
