<span style=""><img width="235" height="298" alt="2011Religion   Justice 235px" src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/2011Religion%20%20%20Justice%20235px.jpg" class="FloatRight">What happens when sins admitted to a priest sound like they could be grounds for a court case? This ethical dilemma will be the subject of an upcoming panel discussion on Widener Law’s Delaware campus.<br><br>The event, titled “Priest-Penitent Privilege: Balancing Confession with Justice” happens Thursday, March 31 from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom.<br><br>The panel will explore the question of how and when spiritual leaders should be compelled to testify in civil or criminal cases.<br><br>Speakers include:
<ul><span style=""><span style=""><li>Widener Law Professor <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/NivalaJohnF.aspx">John F. Nivala</a>, director of the school’s <a href="/Academics/Institutes/AdvocacyandTechnologyInstitute.aspx">Taishoff Advocacy, Technology and Public Service Institute</a>.</li>
<li>The Rev. John Grimm, a Catholic priest who is also a 1993 graduate of Widener Law. He is an assistant professor of moral theology in the School of Theology at Seton Hall University.</li>
<li>Janice Rowe Tigani, a deputy attorney general with the Delaware Department of Justice.</li>
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<span style=""><span style="">The event is presented by the school’s <span style=""><a href="/CampusLife/ActivitiesandOrganizations/OtherDelawareOrganizations/ChristianLegalSociety.aspx">Christian Legal Society</a>. It is free and open to the public and the media is invited and encouraged to attend.<br><br>For more information about the program, call 973.445.3468.<br></span></span></span></span>