@slatestarcodex is it possible to use confidential confession http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_the_Confessional_and_the_Catholic_Church … to get around disclosure laws for doctors etc.?
@argletargle I don't know if secular law recognizes the authority of Catholic confession, let alone a Dr who *says* he's doing confession
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@ContentOfMedia@slatestarcodex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest%E2%80%93penitent_privilege#Clergy_Penitent_Privilege_and_Mandated_Reporting … A "clergyman" is [someone] reasonably believed so to be by the person consulting him. - 3 more replies
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