Confession and Privacy

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Br.Rich_SFO said:
You have a right to anonymous confession. If this is not being offered you should ask to speak with the pastor during normal office hours and explain the situation.
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Can you document that purported right?

One has, under canon law, the right to privacy of the confession contents, not of need to anonymity.
 
Aramis said:
Can you document that purported right?

One has, under canon law, the right to privacy of the confession contents, not of need to anonymity.
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Sure:

Canon Law:

Can. 964~1 The proper place for hearing sacramental confessions is a church or oratory.

~2 As far as the confessional is concerned, norms are to be issued by the Episcopal Conference, with the proviso however that confessionals, which the faithful who so wish may freely use, are located in an open place, and fitted with a fixed grille between the penitent and the confessor.

~3 Except for a just reason, confessions are not to be heard elsewhere than in a confessional.
Face to face is an option the priest MAY offer if he wants.
 
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