Only Christ can truly forgive sins if I have repented of a sin and run to Christs mercy no one can hold it against me no matter who they are the one that the son sets free is free in deed
If I were you with your beliefs I would be worried that I had ticked a priest of at some time in my life and that priest decided not to forgive me....
My salvation is dependent on God alone and no man no matter who they are
The Messiah delegated the power to forgive or retain sins to these disciples. There is authority in these words, whether you recognize it now, or later. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
John, Catholic chapter twenty, Protestant verses nineteen to twenty three,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James