priest-penitent privilege

The doctrine of priest-penitent privilege is respected to varying degrees by the laws of different nations.

There is no issue of the priest-penitent privilege in this, because that wasn't the setting of this at all.

As with most privileges, a debate still exists about the circumstances under which the priest-penitent privilege applies.

Canadian law descends from British common law, and as such the status of priest-penitent privilege is not well defined in national jurisprudence.

The doctrine of priest-penitent privilege does not apply in the United Kingdom.

It is an important precedent in the issue of priest-penitent privilege in the UK.

With the Reformation, however, priest-penitent privilege was abolished.

The doctrine of priest-penitent privilege does not appear to apply in English law.

The Finnish law protects the absolute priest-penitent privilege.

The Constance Kent case in 1865 raised a series of questions about priest-penitent privilege in England.