How long should you wait to go to confession after committing a mortal sin?

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How long should you wait to go to confession after committing a mortal sin?
 
would it be ok to knock on a convent door and ask a retired priest to confess to?
 
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would it be ok to knock on a convent door and ask a retired priest to confess to?
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What @(name removed by moderator) said.

Also, I may be nit-picking, but if he’s retired, the priest may or may not have the facilities (permission) to hear confessions by the bishop, so he may not be able to. Are there no churches in your area you can call to schedule a confession?
 
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You should definitely get to Confession as soon as possible. However, I do agree with @Augustinian that you should first be repentant. If you are not ready to be repentant and are not sorry for your sins, don’t go to Confession because then you’d be lying in Confession or in saying the Act of Contrition, if I am not mistaken. If you are ready to be repentant, I don’t think you need to cause a scene to get to Confession (don’t go frantically banging down the priest’s door at 3am), but I would go immediately as possible to a parish that is offering Confession, who has a priest available/in office, or catch your priest before or after the soonest daily Mass (preferably before so you can receive Communion). Hope this helps! God bless!
 
thank you, ill catch the priest say 20 mins before daily mass tomorrow 🙂
 
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