If the Priest is doing this he should not be hearing confessions, the bishop should remove his faculty to do so.
Information should be provided to the bishop – I would think by letter. The bishop may have questions, for example, to establish that it was the sacrament of penance.
The Introduction to the Rite of Penance has in n. 19:
“Following the penitent’s prayer, the priest extends his hands, or at least his right hand, over the head of the penitent and pronounces the formulary of absolution, in which the essential words are: I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. As he says the final phrase the priest makes the sign of the cross over the penitent.”
Another part from the liturgical book:
“SHORTER RITE
21 . When pastoral need dictates, the priest may omit or shorten some parts of the rite but must always retain in their entirety the penitent’s confession of sins and acceptance of the act of penance, the invitation to contrition (no. 45), and the formularies of absolution and dismissal. In imminent danger of death, it is sufficient for the priest to say the essential words of the form of absolution, namely: I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
The full text of absolution is in n. 46:
“God, the Father of mercies,
through the death and resurrection of his Son
has reconciled the world to himself
and sent the Holy Spirit among us
for the forgiveness of sins;
through the ministry of the Church
may God give you pardon and peace,
and I absolve you from your sins
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, +
and of the Holy Spirit.
The penitent answers: Amen."
[Excerpts from the English translation of Rite of Penance, © 1974 International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.]
