3.01.080 Clergyman-Penitent Privilege; Definition

A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline practiced by the church to which he belongs.

Communication between clergyman and penitent means a confession of culpable conduct made secretly and in confidence by a penitent to a priest in the course of the discipline or practice of the church or religious denomination of which the penitent is a member.