[Mrs. Don-o]

I need a clarification here. Are we talking about the Sacrament of Confession, or are we talking about shooting the breeze over a cup of coffee? The former involves the Seal of Confession, which is to say, it involves inviolable confidentiality. The later ---- is just shooting the breeze. It is not covered by sacramental norms.

So to get back to the question: how does this priest who has head the confession of a murderer, know who it is?

[Iscool]

So to get back to the question: how does this priest who has head the confession of a murderer, know who it is?

I wasn't there...So it has to be in a confessional booth to be a legitimate sacramental confession???

[verga]

My longest confession was when I re-entered the Catholic Church. Father Joe and I both sat in one of the pews outside the confessional since they were actually more comfortable than the confessional chairs and we both knew this was going to take a while. Took about 30 minutes and the man had sweat on his brow when we finished, and I was walking 2 foot off the ground.