MICHIGAN
MLive
By John Agar | jagar@mlive.com
on August 23, 2013
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The state Court of Appeals said that a conversation between a pastor and parishioner – in which a woman shared concerns her husband abused her girls – was confidential and privileged.
The opinion upholds lower court findings that the Rev. John Prominski, senior pastor at Resurrection Life Church of Ionia, did not violate mandatory reporting rules for child abuse.
The woman sought advice from Prominski after her husband had the girls touch themselves. Prominski counseled the husband for three months. The husband denied any improprieties.
The family eventually left the area and the church.
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