Is confession a requirement for heaven?

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My 14 yr. old son’s Catholic Religion teacher told him that he must go to confession regularly or when he died he would go to purgatory and never get to Heaven. Is there any truth to this?

 

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With regard to Purgatory and “never getting into Heaven”.

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Is believing in Purgatory optional?
** Is Purgatory Found in the Bible?** by Christine Pinheiro and Kenneth J. Howell
Purgatory in all but Name by W. Robert Anfill
Final Purification
Purgatory by Rev. William G. Most
Purgatory