Legal Opinion
State v. Glenn
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 7, 2003No. 27613-5-IIPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Seinfeld, J. —
The State charged Herman Glenn, Jr., a youth pastor, with child molestation and child rape. The trial court granted Glenn’s motion to suppress statements that he made to a church elder about his alleged misconduct, finding that they were protected by the clergy/penitent privilege. We granted the State’s motion for discretionary review, but finding no error, we affirm.
FACTS
Glenn was a youth pastor at Bethel Christian Assembly Church in Tacoma (now the Church of All Nations). Church elder George Eide had a vision that caused him to believe that Glenn was involved with pornography.…
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