So you hang your current position regarding the Catholic Church on the perceptions of a seven-year-old child?
The priest was trying to be encouraging. A seven-year-old is incapable of committing grave sins.
You apparently were not conscious at that time of the words of absolution:
God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrament_of_penance
My current position on the Catholic Church certainly goes well beyond my personal experience as a young person.
Seems like you might need to reconsider Jesus’ words:
“Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child WILL NEVER ENTER IT”” Mark 10:15 (CAP emphasis mine)
The priest was trying to be encouraging. A seven-year-old is incapable of committing grave sins.
You apparently were not conscious at that time of the words of absolution:
God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins; through the ministry of the Church may God give you pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit.
Is this what I think it is??? If so, God beat you to it a long time ago...
Heb_4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
1Jn_1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
You do no such thing. Only God can forgive sins. Any Christian can proclaim that sins have been forgiven by God if the sinner admits his sins but no man can forgive sins. Those sins were already forgiven by God.
Mark 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?