Priest-penitent privilege

Turns out this is highly locale-specific:

ht=ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest%E2%80%93penitent_privilege#Clergy%E2%80%93penitent_privilege_and_mandated_reporting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest%E2%80%93penient_privilege#Clergy%E2%80%93penitent_privilege_and_mandatory_reporting

• https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/clergymandated.pdf

But even in recent times priests have chosen death rather than violating the seal of confessional, whereas government simply has chosen to surveil the confessionals. 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</=> 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=!