[shiva]

Now I've seen everything

[Desdemona]

Wait a second, hold the phone...what happened to the solid wall with the screen and the little window-sized sliding door which assured privacy and safety and was TOTALLY ANONYMOUS.

[American Preservative]

OK, now in your best Dionne Warwick voice...."Do you know the way to San Jose?" 'Fess up - ping. : )

[Arthur McGowan]

In Europe, confessionals are built so that the penitent never enters a box at all; he confesses through a grille into the box containing the priest.

Incidentally, who ever said that when a penitent wishes to confess through a screen, he must also kneel? Nobody. Yet, I have never seen a confessional or "reconciliation room" in which the penitent who wants anonymity is not forced to use a kneeler. There's no reason that those confessing through a screen could not sit in a chair, just like those confessing "face-to-face."

[Flying Circus]

Here is more detail on the foolishness we were talking about last night.

I still say that Churches with traditional confessionals, like OurLady Of Peace, should be exempted. If there is a wall between the Priest and the penitent, what could possily happen? A better mandate would be that all churches must install the traditional confessionals and let us keep our privacy!! In an age when the church needs to encourage parishioners to take advantage of the graces of reconciliation, taking away privacy like this will only discourage people.

[Paul Atreides]

San Jose diocese to put windows in confessionals

Blast that Bill Gates!

[verity]

Gotta have curtains and a flower box too.

[heyheyhey]

Dear Bishop McGrath, please read the FR posts.
Even the heathens find the idea entertaining.

[Orual]

What a pain. Now I have to bring my laptop into the confessional.

[Conservative til I die]

Sounds like the ridiculous, contort-yourself policies liberals would impose.