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SECTION 4505

Confidential communication to clergy privileged

Civil Practice Law & Rules (CVP) CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 45

§ 4505. Confidential communication to clergy privileged. Unless the
person confessing or confiding waives the privilege, a clergyman, or
other minister of any religion or duly accredited Christian Science
practitioner, shall not be allowed disclose a confession or confidence
made to him in his professional character as spiritual advisor.