A provision of the Louisiana Children’s Code that requires clergy to
report allegations of wrongdoing, even if learned in the privacy of the
confessional, is unconstitutional, a state judge ruled Friday in a
long-running case involving the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge.
The case involves Father Jeff Bayhi and Rebecca Mayeaux, a 22-year-old woman who says she was 14 in 2008 when she told the Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church pastor in Clinton in a confession that a 64-year-old parishioner was sexually abusing her. She alleges Bayhi told her to “sweep it under the floor and get rid of it.”
http://theadvocate.com/news/14993398-126/judge-clinton-priest-does-not-have-to-testify-about-confessional-exchange-with-teen-claiming-abuse
The case involves Father Jeff Bayhi and Rebecca Mayeaux, a 22-year-old woman who says she was 14 in 2008 when she told the Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church pastor in Clinton in a confession that a 64-year-old parishioner was sexually abusing her. She alleges Bayhi told her to “sweep it under the floor and get rid of it.”
http://theadvocate.com/news/14993398-126/judge-clinton-priest-does-not-have-to-testify-about-confessional-exchange-with-teen-claiming-abuse