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735 ILCS 5/8-803

(735 ILCS 5/8-803) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-803)

Sec. 8-803.

Clergy.

A clergyman or practitioner of any religious denomination
accredited by the religious body to which
he or she belongs, shall not be compelled to disclose in any court, or to
any administrative board or agency, or to any public officer, a confession
or admission made to him or her in his or her professional character or
as a spiritual advisor in the course of the discipline enjoined by the rules
or practices of such religious body or of the religion which he or she professes,
nor be compelled to divulge any information which has been obtained by him
or her in such professional character or as such spiritual advisor.

(Source: P.A. 82-280.)