WEST VIRGINIA
The Exponent Telegram
Associated Press
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — An attorney for a church volunteer in Bluefield accused of sexually molesting children is arguing that the pastor of the church violated his priest-penitent privilege when he brought his concerns about the volunteer to police.
The Bluefield Daily-Telegraph (http://bit.ly/1M0oqUP ) reports that the attorney argues in pre-trial motions that the charges against Timothy Probert of Mercer County should be dismissed.
The state counters that the pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church was following the state’s mandatory reporting law.
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