Dementia Mortal Sin Confession

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A man has led a sinful life committing one or more mortal sins. He ages. Dementia set in and he doesn’t know who he is or where he is. He can’t confess his sins. He is taken to Mass each Sunday and believes the penitential rite forgives his sins. How responsible is he for his sins?
 
I don’t think you answered my question in context. I’ll restate it a different way. A sex trafficker eventually reached an age when he had severe dementia. He did not remember his past. He committed at least one mortal sin, if not many. He no longer remembers anything. How responsible is he for his sins?
 
He’s responsible for what he did in the past - his dementia doesn’t change that. What I think you might really be asking is “how can he be forgiven if he can’t remember?”. Lucid intervals aside, the answer to that question is that he’s entrusted to the mercy of the Lord who alone knows his soul.
 
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A man has led a sinful life committing one or more mortal sins. He ages. Dementia set in and he doesn’t know who he is or where he is. He can’t confess his sins. He is taken to Mass each Sunday and believes the penitential rite forgives his sins. How responsible is he for his sins?
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In my opinion that man would be responsible for the mortal sins he committed before dementia set in and when he had the opportunity to go to Confession but chose not to.
 
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