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Priest supports stripping legal protection of confessional; loses confession faculties

Monday, March 27th, 2023
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A US priest no longer has permission to hear confessions after he published an opinion piece supporting a bill that would remove legal protections for the confessional seal. The faculty to hear confession and offer absolution was withdrawn immediately by Fr James Connell’s archbishop. The ban extends beyond his Archdiocese of Milwaukee; it applies in Read more