A community can forgive someone for something, I can forgive someone in my family for something, but that does not absolve that sin from their soul. Only an ordained Bishop or Priest can in the sacrament of confession. Unless they make a perfect act of contrition before they die.
1 John 1:9 says otherwise.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9 NASB).
For Christians, our sins were forgiven on the cross.
When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,
14having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Colossians 2:13-14 NASB)
We do not have need of an earthly priest to forgive us as we have THE High Priest who forgives us.
23The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing,
24but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently.
25Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
26For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;
27who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
28For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever (Hebrews 7:23-28 NASB).
I believe you are either confusing sanctification with justification, OR you believe justification must be obtained over and over and over, through confession. Which might it be?
Yeah...
Sure...
Unless they make a perfect act of contrition before they die.