CODE OF CIV PRO-CLERGY

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes confessions, admissions, or communications to a clergyman or practitioner of any religious denomination privileged if: (1) the confession, admission, or communication is intended to be confidential, (2) is made directly to a member of the clergy, and (3) is such that the clergyman is bound to maintain that confidentiality pursuant to a duty under the canon law, church doctrine, practices, discipline, tenet, custom, or practice of his or her denomination. Provides that the provisions concerning clergy privilege are subject to specified reporting requirements of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.