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February 08, 2012

Free Press: Judges to decide: Can religious confessions be used against you?

by David Ashenfelter
Detroit Free Press

Michigan Court of Appeals judges will hear arguments Thursday on a case that could have serious repercussions for church members: Can what you confess to your pastor be used against you in a court of law?

A three-judge panel of the court is being asked to decide whether a Baptist pastor in Belleville violated Michigan's priest-penitent privilege by testifying against a church member in a rape case.

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