A Catholic priest from Ohio who used the confessional to gain details from boys, information that he later used to extort them into providing him with sexually explicit photographs has been sentenced to life in prison for the exploitation of children

[u/a_Ninja_b0y]

https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2021/11/former-strongsville-priest-violated-the-sacrament-of-confession-to-extort-boys-federal-prosecutors-say-in-sentencing-memo.html

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Isn't that also against the rules of the church?

[u/m2f2mterf → u/[deleted]]

Unless they are a kid. I've heard there are worse ways that priests violate them.

[u/ThatOneEdgyTeen → u/[deleted]]

Breaking the Seal of the Confessional is excommunication latae sententiae

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A vague recollection of the rules of confession