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To: RexBeach
How do I know, for example, that the man I'm confessing to isn't buggering boys, now or in the past?

I do believe that a priest can validly exercise the Sacrament of Reconciliation, even if he himself is in a state of mortal sin, so you needn't worry if that's the case.

166 posted on 11/16/2006 12:09:09 PM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: FourtySeven

Only God can reconcile you. Forgiveness comes from God not the Priest. Christ said go and sin no more. Thats it. Even when he forgave sins he said your sins are forgiven without even asking the person to rattle them off in a stupid confessional box. You can have a direct relationship with God this very moment. You don't need a priest.


175 posted on 11/16/2006 12:13:34 PM PST by Courdeleon02
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