Ping!
I am guessing this is not the "Good King Wenceslaus" of song.
Well, I don’t really get this. He didn’t hear the confession of the molester, but of the victim. What is it they want to know,and why don’t they just ask the young lady? If she doesn’t wish to tell them, why would they think the priest will tell them?
Do they want him to confess to wrong-doing in telling her not to report it? Then what will they do, sue him for priestly mal-practice? And I don’t see why that info couldn’t be gotten from the penitent either.
She’s not dead or something, is she? It didn’t seem like that from the story, but maybe I missed something big because I’m missing the underlying issue.
NO Priest of good standing will EVER break the Confessional Seal.....they would rather DIE!! It’s SACRED!!