Discovering the Secret Archives: Evidentiary Privileges for Church Records

In our time there has occurred a plague of claims and law suits against clergy and churches as a result of alleged clergy wrongdoing. Many of these cases have to do with sexual misconduct. Knowing that the individual clergy are likely to have very limited financial resources, claimants have joined c...

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Main Author: Cafardi, Nicholas P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1993
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 1993, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-120
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