Can some one please explain "ecclesial privilege"..

McKafka99

....and how it may or may not figure into the Cano event and possible fallout from it? Thanks.
Scully

Ecclesiastical Privilege is the same as Attorney-Client Privilege, except it involves the confidentiality of the confession to wrongdoing of a church-goer between the clergy of the church to which the church-goer belongs. Clergy are generally not required to report wrongdoings that they hear as a result of a confessional, although in all of Canada and in many parts of the US, Ecclesiastical Privilege does not exempt the reporting of the crime of child molestation.