Saturday, February 4, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 238.
(Youcat answer) No. Under no
circumstances. The secrecy of the confessional is absolute. Any priest who would
tell another person something he had learned in the confessional would be excommunicated.
Even to the police, the priest cannot say or suggest anything.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2490)
The secret of the sacrament of
reconciliation is sacred, and cannot be violated under any pretext.
"The sacramental seal is inviolable; therefore, it is a crime for a
confessor in any way to betray a penitent by word or in any other manner or for
any reason" (CIC, Can. 983 § 1).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) There is hardly anything that priests take
more seriously than the seal of the confessional. There are priests who have
suffered torture for it and have gone to their deaths. Therefore, you can speak
candidly and unreservedly to a priest and confide in him with great peace of
mind, because his only job at that moment is to be entirely “the ear of God”.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1467)
Given the delicacy and greatness of this ministry and the respect due to
persons, the Church declares that every priest who hears confessions is bound
under very severe penalties to keep absolute secrecy regarding the sins that
his penitents have confessed to him. He can make no use of knowledge that
confession gives him about penitents' lives (Cf. CIC, can. 1388 § 1; CCEO, can.
1456). This secret, which admits of no exceptions, is called the
"sacramental seal," because what the penitent has made known to the
priest remains "sealed" by the sacrament.
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