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ZD: I believe that you are incorrect. The in NYS the Clergy privilege does not depend on religion. See below for the NY Law.
First, NY Supreme Court is the lowest court in NY State and it does not have a “chief justice”.
Second, CPLR 4505 states ” § 4505. Confidential communication to clergy privileged. Unless the person confessing or confiding waives the privilege, a clergyman, or other minister of any religion or duly accredited Christian Science practitioner, shall not be allowed disclose a confession or confidence made to him in his professional character as spiritual advisor.”
Third, the case you are referring to was a “custody hearing” and was written up in “Jewish Law and Contemporary Issues” (Printed in 2015) and while it is not an “official rule” as there is no case-law on the subject, “NY Courts have repeatedly held that physician-patient, attorney-client, and psychotherapist-patient privileges cannot be invoked in such proceedings”. (Page 331 Footnote 9)