Christ breathed on the apostles and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit, whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.”
That power is passed on the each and every priest when they are ordained by a Bishop.
Straight from the Bible. Why don’t you believe it?
I believe that the clergy has the right and the duty to forgive sins in the stead and by the command of Jesus. Thre question is does being a priest incur for the priest forgiveness of sin? If not, then it is no sacrament.