seal of confession

[Kielbasi]

Excerpt from headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/52007g.asp

Such concern is apparent among military chaplains like Father Mark Reilly, who recently returned from a Marine Corps tour in Iraq.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been confronted as much face-to-face with men and women – in and out of confessional – saying, ‘I’m addicted to porn and I don’t know how to get out of it,’” Reilly said. “They’re looking for a life preserver. It’s wrecking their marriages. Like any addiction, they lose control.”

Assuming the reporter was accurate, are Fr. Reilly’s comments about what he heard in the confessional a violation of the seal of confession?

 

[Orionthehunter]

Excerpt from headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/52007g.asp

Assuming the reporter was accurate, are Fr. Reilly’s comments about what he heard in the confessional a violation of the seal of confession?

No. Because the Priest said nothing that would allow anybody to determine who made such a confession, it is not breaking of the seal. “If he had said, i heard 20 confessions today and 100% said they were addicted to porn. . .” Then you could claim that he violated the seal.