Okay. One would think a thinking priest would also be morally bound. If I were a priest and somebody told me they murdered someone, I’d report them.
“If I were a priest and somebody told me they murdered someone, I’d report them.”
I’m afraid you probably wouldn’t be a priest for very long.
Yes, any priest would report someone who told them they murdered someone. But if the murder was part of a confession, no. I imagine part of the penance would telling someone to confess.
In a situation like that, the priest would tell the confessor that if they were truly sorry, they must turn themselves in to obtain forgiveness.