40Religious confessions

#### 40 Religious confessions 40 Religious confessions > > (1) A person who is or was a member of the clergy of any church or religious denomination is entitled to refuse to divulge that a religious confession was made, or the contents of a religious confession made, to the person when a member of the clergy. > > > (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the communication involved in the religious confession was made for a criminal purpose. > > > (3) In this section— > > > > religious confession means a confession made by a person to a member of the clergy in the member’s professional capacity according to the ritual of the church or religious denomination concerned.