RONCHI v. STATE

Case No. 5D18-194.

248 So.3d 1265 (2018)

Fr. Vincenzo RONCHI, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida and Loren Tim Burton, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin W. Shaughnessy , Caroline M. Landt , and Meagan L. Martin , of Baker & Hostetler, Orlando, for Petitioner.

Aramis D. Ayala , State Attorney Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida, and Jenny R. Rossman , Chief, Sex Crimes Unit, and Cherish Renee Adams , Sex Crimes Unit, Assistant State Attorneys, Orlando, for Respondent, State of Florida.

No Appearance for Respondent, Loren Tim Burton.


Father Vincenzo Ronchi, a Catholic priest, seeks certiorari review of an order requiring him to testify in a criminal case regarding certain communications that took place during the Sacrament of Reconciliation (commonly referred to as "Confession"). We have jurisdiction.1 Concluding that the trial court's order...

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