A Catholic believer is holding a rosary in his hand. AFP=Yonhap News
- “Isn’t it betrayal for the bride to open her mouth to the secret in the sacrament of confession?”
- “Don’t worry, it’s anonymous. And the contents of the confession are mostly similar and gloomy, so no one knows what you’re talking about.”
The sacrament of confession, a procedure for Catholics to be forgiven of sins. Breaking the centuries-old unwritten rule that’the secret of confession is kept’, priests’ experiences of sacramental confession came to the world.
Je vous pardonne tous vos péchés (Je vous pardonne tous vos péchés), published in France on the 11th (local time), is a compilation of the confession that Le Parisian journalist Vincent Mongaarda heard from 40 priests for three years. The British Guardian reported that the priest shared the contents of the confession to a reporter, and that the book was published in France as a matter of controversy.
Regarding the secret revelation, the author Mongayar wrote anonymously and kept enough secrets, and because the contents of the confession are mostly similar, even those who appear in the case may not know whether it is his story. He said to the local media Europe 1, “I have built a trusting relationship with the priests and maintained anonymity,” and “It will not be excommunicated because the brides have confessed the secrets of the sacrament of confession.”
If so, what wrongs would people want to be forgiven? According to Mongayar, 70% of confession was related to sexual confession, and related to infidelity, pornography addiction, or sex trafficking. It wasn’t just men who committed these’denials’.
One priest said, “Women often say that they are cheating because they are not sexually satisfied with their husbands.”
In particular, another bride who listened to the confession of a couple in their 50s alternately said, “The wife first said that she was cheating on her husband and boyfriend, and then the husband came in and confessed that she was cheating on her wife and boyfriend.” It turns out that he is in a relationship with a man,” he said. He said, “There was a limit to putting up with laughter.”
“Because the brides are the same person, I understand that people can make mistakes,” said Mongayar. “It is also an advantage to be forgiven of everything in front of God.”
Reporter Go Seok-hyun [email protected]
