Glossary : confessor
Definition 1
evid. A priest of some Christian sect, who receives an
account of the sins of his people, and undertakes to give them absolution
of their sins.
2. The general rule on the subject of giving evidence of confidential communications
is, that the privilege is confined to counsel, solicitors, and attorneys,
and the interpreter between the counsel and the client. Vide Confidential
Communications. Contrary to this general rule, it has been decided in New
York, that a priest of the Roman Catholic denomination could not be compelled
to divulge secrets which he had received in auricular confession. 2 City
Hall Rec. 80, n.; Joy on Conf. 4, p. 49. See Bouv. Inst. n. 3174 and note.
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