Kruglikov v. Kruglikov

Plaintiff wife instituted an action for separation in the Supreme Court, Monroe County. On April 11, 1961, an order was made for the examination before trial of Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser as a witness. It appears that the parties to this action conferred with him in his study at the Forest Hills Jewish Center, of which he is the spiritual leader, with a view to a reconciliation. The examination of the witness was held in this court and he asserted the privilege of a clerygyman under section 351 of the Civil Practice Act, when the following question was put to him by the defendant’s attorney: “…