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CONFESSIONAL SECRET RELEASE REFUSED By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright PARIS, Tuesday, A dramatic incident at the trial of Dr. Brocher for murdering a friend with an injection of quicksilver occurred when the magistrate Intervened. He urged Brocher to release a Roman Catholic priest, Father Clemens, from his vow of secrecy for what was said in the confessional. It was stated that Dr. Brocher flew away in an airplane and took refuge in Holland, and while there he attended confession. Dr. Brocher resolutely refused the magistrate’s appeal, and insisted on the sacredness of the confessional. — A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 60, 2 June 1927, Page 9
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