As used in this article, a “member of the clergy” means a priest, minister, religious practitioner, or similar functionary of a church or of a religious denomination or religious organization.
Cal. Evid. Code § 1030
Clergy Penitent Privileges
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 131 Cal. App. 4th 1534 - Terry v. DAVIS COMMUNITY CHURCH (2005)
Most recently applied in 163 Cal. App. 4th 762 - People v. Bautista (June 2008)
Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 806, Sec. 19
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.