a formal confession to begin with, but an appeal to me for advice, followed by a blessing.
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pardon in the name of God for the things that he had done wrong.Joseph Towle
I did bless him at the end of our conversation. I said to him, 'Do you want the forgiveness of God' He said, 'Yes.' I said, 'You have to ask for it.' I gave him absolution and said, 'Now go to the court and tell them everything that you've told me.' And that is exactly what he did. He made a public declaration of everything he said to me,
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went publicly and conveyed this material to the lawyers. At this point the seal of confession is not in play.
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He was asking me what he should do, and at that time I told him that if he had the courage and the heart to do it, that he should go to the court and that he should acknowledge that he was responsible and the others were not,
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It was a heart-to-heart talk where he was feeling very badly that two of his friends had been accused and convicted of something which he had done, and it was his desire to do something to make the truth appear and he wanted to make public the fact that he was responsible and they were not,
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