To: Hieronymus
If a priest breaks the sixth commandment, attempts to absolve the accomplice (and has the accomplice attempt to absolve him!) and then proceeds to celebrate Mass, that is quite sacrilegious enough in my books, though I do not know if it rises to the level of a chargeable offence under canon law. Confession does not absolve if there is no actual repentance.
41 posted on
08/26/2018 5:12:59 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
("It rubs the rainbow on it's skin or it gets the diversity again!")
To: PapaBear3625
While that is true, and frankly fundamentally more important, objectively it is more difficult to judge. IIRC there is no jurisdiction to absolve an accomplice accept in cases of death.
52 posted on
08/26/2018 5:47:33 AM PDT by
Hieronymus
((It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
To: PapaBear3625
You are exactly right. We must pray that they have the grace of repentance before they breathe their last.
62 posted on
08/26/2018 7:48:22 AM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
("For peace within your gates, speak truth and judge with sound judgment." - Zechariah 8:16)
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