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P0910 The clergy-penitent privilege may apply to statements made by non-members of the church employing clergy members who heard the statements, even if they were not confessions of fault made for religious consolation, so long as the statements were made outside the presence of known third parties, with the intention that they be kept in confidence, and church discipline imposes a duty of secrecy on clergy members who hear such statements.CitationDOE 2 v SUPERIOR COURT (Church Discovery) 132 CA4 1504 [See: EvC 1034, 1032; Archbishop v Superior Court 131 CA4 417, P/AT 9/05; Palay v Superior Court 18 CA4 919, T/AT 11/93; People v Coddington 23 C4 529]
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