A young woman who claims she was just 14 when she told a Baton
Rouge-area Catholic priest that a longtime church parishioner was
sexually abusing her, but that the priest did nothing to stop or report
the alleged abuse, can tell a jury what she allegedly told the priest in
a confession, a divided state appeals court ruled.
But the dissenting member of the three-judge 1st Circuit Court of Appeal panel warned that allowing Rebecca Mayeux to mention the confessions will "place an undue burden" on the Rev. Jeff Bayhi's "right to the free exercise of his religion and violates the constitutional command of separation of church and state."
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But the dissenting member of the three-judge 1st Circuit Court of Appeal panel warned that allowing Rebecca Mayeux to mention the confessions will "place an undue burden" on the Rev. Jeff Bayhi's "right to the free exercise of his religion and violates the constitutional command of separation of church and state."
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