An exchange of information between two individuals in a confidential relationship. A privileged communication is a private statement that must be kept in confidence by the recipient for the benefit of the communicator. Even if it is relevant to a case, a privileged communication cannot be used as evidence in court. Privileged communications are controversial because they exclude relevant facts from the truth-seeking process.
celibate(Noun) Person who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community. celibate(Adjective) Not married. celibate(Adjective) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
Richard Sipe is a world renowned expert on child abuse by catholic clergy. Here he answers 21 questions posed to him by AHA Letzebuerg (LÃ«tzebuerg'luxembourg S alliance Of, Humanists atheists And). agnosticsichard Sipe: On the completion of my ethnological study of celibacy in 1985 I concluded that at any one time no more than half of Catholic clergy professing celibacy were actually practicing sexual abstinence.