Forgiving sins that the person never stated? Wow. A lot of hokey pokey happy slappy magic to me. God set up certain parameters...including stating your sin, committing to never sinning again and moving on.........not forgiveness for sins the person still embraces and plans to commit again.
I guess the priest is supposed to read our minds when we come to confess now-he’ll absolve us by just knowing our “feelings”-no specific confession of sins necessary, right?