What is it like to hear confessions?

From: Redlands Daily Facts | Date: May 31, 2007| Author: GREGORY ELDER | Copyright information

I am sitting in a not entirely comfortable chair at 3 on a Saturday afternoon. To my left is a large wood and cloth screen and in front of me is a chair. I am in my black suit and collar with a thin purple stole around my shoulders. It's time for the weekly confessions. Everyone knows about the confessional, but have you ever wondered what it is like to hear them?

In the old days, priests had to sit in little wood confessionals about the size of an old phone booth, but things have cha...

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