dence and, often, to block the truth-deter- mining processes of the courts. Priest, 61 N.Y.2d at 68, 431 N.Y.S.2d at 514, 409 N.E.2d at 986; In re Jacqueline F., 47 N.Y.2d 215, 219, 417 N.Y.S.2d 884, 886-87, 891 N.E.2d 967, 969-70 (1979). In order to minimize the intrusion of the privilege upon the ascert