People v. Bass

*58OPINION OF THE COURT

Irene J. Duffy, J.

This case involved questions regarding the extent to which the social worker privilege found in CPLR 4508 should protect a defendant in a criminal trial involving child sexual abuse and rape from disclosing his inculpatory admission confidentially made to a certified social worker.

FACTS

The defendant was charged with several counts of sexual abuse, first degree, and rape, first degree, allegedly committed on his then nine-year-old daughter during a six-month period from September 1986 to February 1987. Evidently these activities continued throughout most…