[Patriotic1]

I've seen another poster give the statement that you must turn yourself in to receive absolution for murder. I don't recall seeing that anywhere. In fact, a Catholic Answers quick question disputes that. While they are not the final authority, they are quite orthodox and I tend to trust them.

http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/can-absolution-be-withheld-from-a-murderer-until-he-agrees-to-give-himself-up-to-auth

[miss marmelstein]

From what I remember, you receive absolution first and then are instructed to turn yourself into the authorities. That, of course, would be true remorse and repentance. But I’m no expert in canon law. I only know what I was taught in Catholic school by nuns who were no experts in canon law.