"Jehovah's Witnesses elders must testify in Murrieta molestation case, judge rules"

The PE reports that the "Jehovah's Witnesses elders must testify in Murrieta molestation case, judge rules.''
The article is interesting for distinguishing cases were a penitential admission to clergy is safe from laws requiring disclosure but that the inquiry in this case was not made for penitential purposes. The article states correctly that "California law protects statements made to clergy members who are required by their faith's practices to keep them secret." It doesn't however stretch to comments made by an inquiry board as inlisted by the Jehovah's witnesses in this case to investigate alleged child molestation.