CONFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE IMPORTANCE

Penitent Elizabeth E. Santamaria offers her confession to Father Lawrence C. Goode May 8, 2019, at St. Francis of Assisi in East Palo Alto, Calif. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth) See SEAL-OF-CONFESSION, CONFESSION-CALIFORNIA-BILL, HISTORY-SEAL-CONFESSION and CONFESSIONAL-PRIVILEGE-IMPORTANCE June 4, 2019.