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by BobaFloutist 403 days ago
Fascinating. I wonder how well this would hold up if these circumstances actually took place.

I guess at the end of the day the priest can always go to confession for violating confession. Nice little relief valve for if their secular conscience happens to overpower their religious conscience. Ingenious, really.
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Aloisius 403 days ago
Mmm. Priests who break the seal of confessional can't have their excommunication lifted by confessing to another priest. It can only be done by the Holy See.

The last time it happened for breaking the seal, afaik, was in 2018 when Ezinwanne Igbo was excommunicated.

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BobaFloutist 401 days ago
Right, but if they do it and don't get caught they can get their soul saved by confessing to another priest, who presumably can't break the seal of confession to out them.
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Aloisius 401 days ago
A regular priest can't grant absolution to another for breaking the seal of the confessional.
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