Amen!! However, they have to feel like they are loved, and their inherent human dignity is valued, before they will even get close to the door of the Church, much less a confessional.
We have to continue to show love and compassion to all people, and model the behavior of how repentant sinners can enjoy the love and endless mercy of God.
Your sins are forgiven. Go and sin no more. Some of the most beautiful words ever spoken. Fortunately, I get to hear them quite a bit (as they are spoken to me).
When I was engulfed in a very bad sin some time ago,I would have avoided much objective damage and grief if I had been told by SOMEONE I TRUSTED that I was going down the wrong road.
Being told: important.
By someone I trusted: important.