Seal of confession when no absolution?

[tafan2]

Very true, because the priest would not be changing how he dealt with the penitent outside of confession. If, on the other hand, a parish’s business manager confessed to the priest he had been embezzling from the parish, the priest could not fire the business manager. We had a pastor once who told certain staff members that he would prefer they go to a different confessor than him. That way, if he came across something suspicious he could always act on it, but if the person in question also happened to confess it to him, he could not. He did not enforce this as a rule, just told them it was his preference.

 

[AHapka]

Well, I would also argue that God could also release him from the seal. But I seriously doubt that would ever happen.

 

[AHapka]

Granted it’s only a joke, but it does give the point that a priest needs to be careful with even giving general situations.

Joke Today: The First Confession

A parish priest was being honored at a dinner on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his arrival in that parish.

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I’ve only known any to say that xyz is a common sin confessed.