Abstract
This chapter discusses how the issue of 'religious confession as a human right' might reduce the influence of the obiter pronouncements of Sir George Jesse and Lord Denning against religious confession privilege. The integrity of the confessional institution would be severely undermined in churches whose confessional practice involves an intermediary between the penitent and God. The House of Lords have taken some time to articulate a consistent approach to statutory interpretation under the Human Rights Act (HRA). Thus, except in the Republic of Ireland, neither religious confessions, nor confidential religious communications are completely safe even after the passage of the HRA which incorporates the Convention into the legal fabric of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Keywords:Human Rights Act (the HRA); Ireland; religious confession privilege; United Kingdom
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