Word: confessionalism
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Did Father Towle in fact hear, and then reveal, Jesus Fornes? private confession? Or was Towle simply providing what?s called "pastoral counseling" to a guilt-ridden young man? The answer could determine his future in the Church.
Confession or not, if Towle had been subpoenaed, he would have had a legal responsibility to tell what he knew about the case. But as far as the Church is concerned, if Towle spoke to Fornes simply as a confidant, a friend, then he could do as he wished with...
If, however, Towle and Fornes? exchange took place within the sacrament of confession, Towle could be excommunicated for breaching the "sacramental seal," says Father John Beal, head of the canon law department at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
"The disturbing part about this case is trying to figure out the facts, which, at least according to Father Towle?s statements, are not entirely consistent," Beal continues. "At one point, he said he gave the man a blessing at the end of their conversation. That would mean it was...
Around 9 a.m. Wednesday, Russell, also 36, left the family's tidy house in Clear Lake, a Houston suburb, for his job as a NASA computer engineer. Less than an hour later, Andrea drowned 2-year-old Luke in the bathtub, according to a police investigator familiar with her taped...