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41 Idaho L. Rev. 55 (2004-2005)
The Priest-Penitent Privilege: A Mormon Perspective

handle is hein.journals/idlr41 and id is 63 raw text is: THE PRIEST-PENITENT PRIVILEGE: A MORMON PERSPECTIVE TAYLOR L. ANDERSON* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODU CTION ......................................................................... 55 II. BACKGROUND ON THE PRILEGE ..................................... 57 A. Origin of the Priest-Penitent Privilege .............................. 57 B. Rationales for the Privilege ............................................... 58 1. Fostering the Priest-Penitent Relationship for Society's Benefit ........................................................ 59 2. Privacy Rights ................................................................ 61 3. Free Exercise of Religion ............................................... 62 C. Different Types of the Privilege in the United States ........... 63 III. LAY CLERGY OF THE MORMON CHURCH ......................... 64 A . The W ard .............................................................................. 64 B. The M issionaries ................................................................. 67 C. Mormon Clergy and Confession .......................................... 69 IV . A N ALY SIS ................................................................................... 72 A. Coming to Grips with Clergy .......................................... 73 B. Professional Character ....................................................... 76 C. Made in the Course of Discipline ........................................ 77 D. Penitential Nature of the Communication ........................ 78 E. Other Issues Unique to Mormon Clergy ............................ 80 1. Church M embership ....................................................... 80 2. Intra-faith Discussion ................................................... 81 V. CONCLUSION ........................................................................... 82 I. INTRODUCTION There are more than five million members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church) in the United * B.A., Brigham Young University, cum laude, 1999; J.D., Willamette University College of Law, cum Maude, 2003; M.B.A., Atkinson Graduate School of Management, honors, 2003. This author is a member of the Utah State Bar. Special thanks to the late Donald Turner, Professor of Law at Willamette University, whose exuberance for all the rules of evidence provided the impetus for this article.

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