A US judge is considering whether it is constitutional to have a law
that protects the clergy of just one religious denomination from
disclosing what is said to them in confession.
Delaware Superior Court Judge Mary Miller Johnston, who has served on the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee to the Delaware State Bar Association and who is a member of the board of governors of Wesley Theological Seminary, is considering whether legislation should apply to elders in a Jehovah's Witnesses congregation.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/judge.questions.whether.confession.privilege.should.extend.to.jehovahs.witnesses/70169.htm
Delaware Superior Court Judge Mary Miller Johnston, who has served on the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee to the Delaware State Bar Association and who is a member of the board of governors of Wesley Theological Seminary, is considering whether legislation should apply to elders in a Jehovah's Witnesses congregation.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/judge.questions.whether.confession.privilege.should.extend.to.jehovahs.witnesses/70169.htm