Breaking the Seal of Confession: Examining the Constitutionality of the Clergy-Penitent Privilege in Mandatory Reporting Law

Authors

Caroline Donze

Keywords

Mandatory reporting (Law), Free exercise clause (Constitutional law), Child abuse

Abstract

The article focuses on intersection of mandatory reporting legislation and the clergy-penitent privilege illustrates a conflict between the public policy goal of protecting children and the constitutional right to Free Exercise of religion and negative effects on the reporting of child abuse.

Repository Citation

Caroline Donze, Breaking the Seal of Confession: Examining the Constitutionality of the Clergy-Penitent Privilege in Mandatory Reporting Law, 78 La. L. Rev. (2018)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol78/iss1/12