Robert D. MAYEUX and Lisa M. Mayeux v. George J. CHARLET, Jr., Deceased, Charlet Funeral Home, Inc., Rev. M. Jeffery Bayhi, and the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Baton Rouge

| (This case concerns a judgment by the District Court declaring La. Child. Code art. 609 unconstitutional. La. Child. Code art. 609 requires any statutorily defined “mandatory reporter” of child abuse “who has cause to believe that a child’s physical or mental health or welfare is endangered as a result of abuse,” to report the suspected abuse irrespective of “any claim of privilege.”1 The issue presently at the center of this matter is whether a priest is a “mandatory reporter,” as defined in La. Child. Code art. 603, when administering the Sacrament of Penance (“confession”), such that the…