[RnMomof7]

A community can forgive someone for something, I can forgive someone in my family for something, but that does not absolve that sin from their soul. Only an ordained Bishop or Priest can in the sacrament of confession. Unless they make a perfect act of contrition before they die.

Catholics have a strange view of the "forgiveness of sin ".. Their priests "forgive " your sins.. BUT God still demands that you pay for that sin .. the "penance " the priest gave you is not enough.. ...you still need burn time in purgatory for that "forgiven sin"...

This is not what my Bible tells me about Gods forgiveness.. It tells me that Jesus paid the price for my sin...and God has removed it as far as the east to the west (ps 103:12 ) And He will see it no more (Heb.8::12)

[JPII Be Not Afraid]

If you break my window, I forgive you because I know you are truly sorry, but you still need to buy me a new window.

[Mark17]

...you still need burn time in purgatory for that "forgiven sin"...

I suspect, that for those people involved in works based religions, and there are lots of works based religions out there, I think their "burn time" might last just a tad longer than they anticipated, say an eternity longer than they anticipated.