Posted by Polly [polly] on November 01, 1999 at 08:12:44 {2gTL9dbN6kWzlU5aRsGcy5tAMziUMM}:
In Reply to: **Murder - internal matter! posted by Kent on November 01, 1999 at 07:17:27:
The information given to the priest will be handled confidential - something you
can NOT say about the Watchtowers cangaroo courts.
Yes, you're right. The priest takes the sacrimental seal and whatever he knows from confession is "forever sealed". However, the WTS, probably uses the same scriptures, for example John 20:21-23, to justify their reasoning. Claiming that Jesus gave his apostles' the power to forgive sins.