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What is Attempted sacramental absolution of a partner in adultery?
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1ke
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What part of this do you not understand?
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marty1818
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A priest cannot absolve a person with whom he has committed adultery with.
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LilyM
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Well, if the priest is unmarried technically the partner is committing adultery (if the partner is married) rather than the priest.
I find it interesting that this particular sin is singled out - I don’t think priests should be absolving people who partner with them in committing ANY grave sin, surely.
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Lujack
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Response to a specific problem, maybe?
I don’t imagine adultery with priests to be common, but it’s certainly more common than teaming up with a priest to rob a bank.
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1ke
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Adultery isn’t singled out. The actual canon is regarding any sin against the sixth commandment.
Can.* 977 The absolution of an accomplice in a sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue is invalid except in danger of death.
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1ke
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A priest cannot absolve his accomplice in any sin against the sixth commandment.So if a single person has relations with a married person is that forgiven
That person can certainly go to another priest for confession and absolution. The priest who committed the sin can go to confession and be absolved too. Provided they have contrition, of course.
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LilyM
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Again, why single out that particular commandment though, as opposed to any of the others. And I’m not thinking of teaming up to rob banks but, say, to fudge the parish accounts and misappropriate money for themselves. That sort of financial shenanigans is not so awfully uncommon either.
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WesleyM
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The sins of the flesh are much more common because they are actually natural but because of our fallen nature they are twisted.
Hence the reason people feel masturbation, pornography, sex outside of marriage to be “normal” and “acceptable”.
Satan would have a hard time to get people tempted enough to rob others, but it’s awefully easy to get them to do anything against the Sixth. Just look at the covers of all the magazines and journals at the checkout counter at your local grocery store (in view of all the children) and read their captions (let alone look at the images portrayed). Let alone watch television at prime time or watch a music video or listen to the radio … etc, etc, etc.
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Edmundus1581
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Another issue is the particular lure to sins of the flesh between figures of authority and those over whom they have authority. That is why we condemn relations between teachers and students - precisely because our fallen natures are so prone to perceive these relations as “love” or “natural”, without the approbation of society to forewarn us.
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newyorkcatholic
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I’m no expert but the real reason is the nature of the sins against the 6th commandment, I believe.
I think it would be wrong for a priest to absolve anyone of any sins they did together, but sexual sins (except for porn/masturbation) are usually done with 2+ people.
A priest could (and evil priests probably have) preyed on the weak by saying things like “it’s ok, I’ll absolve you after.”
Shudder
It also is an issue, I think, of protecting the innocent and weak. An evil priest is probably not going to prey on an innocent and weak person to fudge accounts, nearly as often as an evil priest might prey on someone’s sexual innocence.
Another point: this law probably developed from unfortunate actual cases.
I think it would be wrong for a priest to absolve anyone of any sins they did together, but sexual sins (except for porn/masturbation) are usually done with 2+ people.
A priest could (and evil priests probably have) preyed on the weak by saying things like “it’s ok, I’ll absolve you after.”
Shudder
It also is an issue, I think, of protecting the innocent and weak. An evil priest is probably not going to prey on an innocent and weak person to fudge accounts, nearly as often as an evil priest might prey on someone’s sexual innocence.
Another point: this law probably developed from unfortunate actual cases.
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