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Churchwarden Alleges Auricular Confession in Church Schools

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S. D. A. Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 10, 1884

FromThe Signs of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 2

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Churchwarden Alleges Auricular Confession in Church Schools

“A CHURCHWARDEN” writes to the Record, of London, and makes the following astounding statement:—
It is well known that auricular confession is resorted to in some large public schools (professedly Church of England schools), and that the book used for the Confessional, called “The Priest in Absolution,” is of such an obscene nature that it would be punishable, under Lord Campbell’s Act, to offer it publicly for sale, which alone ought to be sufficient to condemn the system.