[metmom]

I remember what I was taught.

It was wrong.

Only God can forgive sin and I don’t need another human being telling me that. God already told me in His word.

I have HIS word for it, more sure and trustworthy than any priest.

[terycarl]

I remember what I was taught. It was wrong. Only God can forgive sin and I don’t need another human being telling me that. God already told me in His word.

You were NEVER taught in the Catholic church that it was anyone except Christ who ever forgave a sin. Christ instituted the Sacrament of Penance or reconciliation when He empowered the Apostles saying "whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven, whose sins you shall retain, they are retained....He merely set up a procedure where a Catholic (one who believes in EVERY WORD THAT CHRIST UTTERED) has a process whereby he/she confesses to God, through a priest (as He directed)...receives absolution as well as advice and direction and counseling.....that's what priests are trained to do.