From: Madars Virza < Sent: Monday, October 1, 2018 10:48 PM To: jeffrey E. Subject: Priest-penitent privilege Turns out this is highly locale-specific: ht=ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest%E2%80%93penitent_privilegetiClergy%E2%8056=3penitent_privilegeandmandat ed_reporting <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest%Er/080%93peni=ent_privilegettClergy%E2%80%93penitent_privilege_and_manda ted_reporting> - https://www.childw=lfare.gov/pubPDFs/clergymandated.pdf But =ven in recent times priests have chosen death rather than violating the se=l of confessional, whereas government simply has chosen to surveil the con=essionals. This seems like a good historic overview: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/fatherlan=ry/your-priest-is-ready-to-die-for-you-to-protect-the-seal-of-confession<h> <http:=/www.ncregister.com/blog/fatherlandry/your-priest-is-ready-to-die-for-you-=o-protect-the-seal-of-confession> Saint Mateo Correa Magallanes -- pray for u=! Madars EFTA_R1_01828624 EFTA02621622