Couple who had sex in confessional during Mass apologise

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I read the article, and it says that the couple was an atheist couple. (No surprises on my part there.) Drunkeness + atheism = little or no regard for the rules and values of other people. The article said they were arrested and that after some people in the community prayed for them, they then decided to make an apology. I was shocked at first, too, but what this story goes to show is 1.) the power of prayer and 2.) the ability of this lovely Catholic Church to make amends and move on. The Bishop absolved them and had a Mass of Reparation in that same church. This would be the “moving on” part. What good would it do to continually point the finger at this couple? We are too busy, and perhaps they have learned a very important lesson here. The kindness of the church there was a powerful witness to them, I’m sure.

Tracy
 
I just read the article. It says the bishop absolved them in a traditional christian way. Does this mean that he absolved them as for a regular confession?
Is it of any consequence for a non-christian?

I think they were still playing with the Church. Do you really think this was true repentance???

I think the regular secular Law should severly punish them even according to secular law, that is a tremendous act of desrespect.
Plus we know that even after confessing our sins, there is a need for reparation. Those people should spent a good number of years in prison so others can learn about the gravity of the act they did.

Or if they are truly repentant could use their fertile imagination and do some reparatory act that show the public that they are truly sorry for what they did… otherwise it can even be said that they purposely did it. They probably got themself drunk to get more courage to do it…

Otherwise, I won’t be surprised if an other couple repeat the same thing or does worse. They could be an inspiration of other anti-catholic…

On our side I think we should offer reparatory prayers for this act in addition to the Mass of the bishop. Otherwise as someone said, it would be seriously hard for people to go to that same confessional to confess their sin even thought it has been cleaned. Reparatory prayers for ourselves too, because this is really chocking on our hearts. They hurt the whole church.
 
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  I'd like to speak to the "gossip" aspect of this.  I agree that in a way that this is gossip.  Of course, we could blame the newspaper for covering the story to begin with and then we could blame ourselves for talking about it.  But hey, it's out in the open and if we want to discuss it, I guess there's no harm in doing that, but I would recommend trying this - forget that real people did this and discuss the sin as if it were a hypothetical situation.  That way said couple is no longer being gossipped about.  Just a suggestion.  Of course if we did that, I think this thread would dry up pretty quickly because there's not much disagreement on the depravity of this act.  The only disagreement that I've seen from people so far would be the proper method of atonement - if there is one in the minds of some.  I've already said what I think about it in a couple of posts back, so there you go.
Tracy
 
nablaise said:
I think they were still playing with the Church. Do you really think this was true repentance???

I hate to say this, but this possibility isn’t really our problem. It’s their problem and God knows how penitent these people are or are not. We should trust in His justice.

I think the regular secular Law should severly punish them even according to secular law, that is a tremendous act of desrespect.
Plus we know that even after confessing our sins, there is a need for reparation. Those people should spent a good number of years in prison so others can learn about the gravity of the act they did.

I think this is a little harsh. Prison? Prison is for murderers and organized crime lords.

Or if they are truly repentant could use their fertile imagination and do some reparatory act that show the public that they are truly sorry for what they did… otherwise it can even be said that they purposely did it. They probably got themself drunk to get more courage to do it…

Community Service - now this would be more appropriate in my mind as a punishment. Spend some time at the Boys and/or Girls Club or the YMCA with some kids. Work in a thrift store for a charitable cause. I think they should have got sentenced to community service now that you mention it. As far as getting drunk to do it - looks to me that it would speak even worse of their character (because it’s so good already, right?) if they were actually able to do something like this stone cold sober. Think about it.

They hurt the whole church.

Nah, just that one. If there is a fire in your parish is the parish two states away affected much? Not unless you ask for donations or something. Praying for this church is a fine idea, but the Church as a whole is fine and will recover from this as She does all other crises.

Tracy
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