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How bad is it to badmouth someone the priest knows in the Confessional? Say you have to give explicit details of the confession and because of that you end up revealing bad & offensive behavior of someone else–someone the priest thinks highly of? What should you do when you can’t keep the “other person” anonymous?
 
turtle18 said:
How bad is it to badmouth someone the priest knows in the Confessional? Say you have to give explicit details of the confession and because of that you end up revealing bad & offensive behavior of someone else–someone the priest thinks highly of? What should you do when you can’t keep the “other person” anonymous?
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You should be focusing only on your actions in the incident. And I don’t know why you would have to reveal their identity at all. :confused:
 
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You should be focusing only on your actions in the incident. And I don’t know why you would have to reveal their identity at all. :confused:
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You do not have to reveal the identity of the person. In fact you don’t even have to give the details of the incident…Just say I talked badly about someone behind their back. If the priest wants to know what you said he will ask…but it is likely he wont ask.
 
Confess your behavior, other’s behavior is of no concern for you during confession.
 
No matter what your sin, there is no reason to give details such as another person’s identity. Just confess what YOU did.
 
I would agree with the post above, you are asking for forgiveness of your sins. However most Priest do hear the sins of third parties in one form or another, mainly from spouses though.:rolleyes:
 
turtle18 said:
How bad is it to badmouth someone the priest knows in the Confessional? Say you have to give explicit details of the confession and because of that you end up revealing bad & offensive behavior of someone else–someone the priest thinks highly of? What should you do when you can’t keep the “other person” anonymous?
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Its not necessary, nor should you get into explicit details of a sin.

Jim
 
turtle18 said:
How bad is it to badmouth someone the priest knows in the Confessional? Say you have to give explicit details of the confession and because of that you end up revealing bad & offensive behavior of someone else–someone the priest thinks highly of? What should you do when you can’t keep the “other person” anonymous?
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I agree with what the other posters have said…

Also please look at your post …

You ask: “How bad is it to badmouth someone the priest knows in the Confessional?” Your use of terms should make the answer obvious …

I ask you: Is it bad to “badmouth” a person at anytime to anyone? Would you want some one to"badmouth" you at any time, to any person in any situational setting?

The focus of our attention when we seek to be reconcilled to God and our fellow human community is on our personal failings and sins … not on that of our neighbor …

Personally speaking: I have been tempted to confess my sins and then to offer rationale for my behavoir … thankkfully, I have never had a priest who let me get away with it … I own my sins 😦 , hopefully I can over come my weaknesses … but only if I try really hard to look internally and not externally at those who share the same vicinity as me :rolleyes:

Good Luck and God Bless you, have a blessed Easter seaon with a renewed spirit …
 
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