| Show r oi OP W CO lIl I The K Republican relates relate a astory at story stagy t ry In which the question ot ul th the se es crac of the I le InvoKed ed edA A ease onse was Nita on trl tripe l nt at New rd a priest J riet of ot the church ehu as de defendant defendant As All It II he WI had hM ad advised 1 a man hili t that her ber HII civil ct viI marriage was wan w not Mt VII lid and that she he hould have the ceremony by b a priest When Ute UI wom woman woman woman an AVA YeW tau asked to testify of whet what t lot tha u priest had advised In the tIM lonal nal hl his attorney Pleaded leaded the secrecy creer ot of the a RII as a bar 1 Ir to ouch uch testimony but twit the tho ruled 1 that law nr BO no 0 such a and ao ate the tho woman as noted tinted above In some same me slates Mate the law Iw exempts la cler eler clergymen clergymen and physicians physician from the duty of or testifying 1 concerning matters relating i ito to those Iho who WM entrust themselves to 10 their rare care r and the court courts Cort generally even white where w there then u I le no statute covering the th lh case caN respect r oct the secrecy of ot the It penitent or Of the patient In the Iana eh I case e however It Is la I pointed out that tb l while whale the court MUtt would not oom roin pel pal a clergyman to reveal i tile the secrets wet lie res of or th the It may ma not toe bS under WIder to permit the penitent not notto notto notto to testify a to 10 what whal kind of advice the tha clergyman ha tie t given It le I the priest who U is I under vow vows not to reveal veal what he hears hear h In confession but tout not so the tile penitent 11 nl it II waa wa the th tb penitent who ho wa was u asked ked in this tbt rase to testify of at C what was wan w said Id by b the conI ur and lid not 04 the t priest who tao was a liked asked ked to testify Of pit what was wa said Id by tn Iti the penitent That Test this th 1 La a distinction dla Of n must mast be admitted ad admitted s but MIl If I the tho coast c can oan oa i tb tot penitent to 10 testify a a to what the tM con COlt has ha h said Id win own It tart not 11 also alao compel ll him to whet brought out th tho thad the ad vie and thus Ihu abolish th the the secrecy Mery pf pt the Ih confessional |
