Far from feeling in giving this testimony that I was doing harm to him, I was revealing to the court and the people around that this was the most redeeming moment of his life and probably the most heroic moment of his life,
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pardon in the name of God for the things that he had done wrong.Joseph Towle
So I advised him then that if he had the courage and the heart to do it that he should go to the court and should reveal in detail, just as he had done to me, ... His purpose in having this conversation with me was to decide what he could do publicly to exonerate these two boys who were accused in his place.
Joseph Towle
went publicly and conveyed this material to the lawyers. At this point the seal of confession is not in play.
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a formal confession to begin with, but an appeal to me for advice, followed by a blessing.
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,
Joseph Towle
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,
Joseph Towle
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