[Parents of Minor Child] v. Charlet
Also decided on this docket: La., April 4, 2014 135 So. 3d 1177
[Parents of Minor Child] v. Charlet, 139 So. 3d 519 (La. 2014).
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- State v. Wilson 254 So. 3d 739 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2018
- Robert D. MAYEUX and Lisa M. Mayeux v. George J. CHARLET, Jr., Deceased, Charlet … 203 So. 3d 1030 La. 2016
- State v. Watts 168 So. 3d 441 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2014
- State v. Fields 151 So. 3d 756 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2014
Opinion text
GUIDRY, J., concurs in the denial of rehearing with reasons. | jThe privilege created by La.Code of Evid. art. 511 is for “confidential communications,” that is, communications “made privately and not intended for further disclosure by the person to a clergyman in his professional character as a spiritual adviser,” and belongs to the communicant. There is no express statutory privilege, exception to the reporting mandate, or even particular reference to communications during the Catholic Sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession. Whether or not the communication was part of a “confession per se” as that term is understood in religious doctrine, may be an ecclesiastical problem for the priest, but it does not appear to be relevant here to consideration of the meaning and intent of the Louisiana statutes involved in this case. VICTORY, J., dissents from the denial of rehearing and would grant and docket.