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Milwaukee priest loses confession faculties after confession column

Fr. James Connell faces restrictions after advocacy against clergy-penitent privilege

The Pillar
Mar 23, 2023
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The Archdiocese of Milwaukee announced Wednesday that a priest has lost the faculty to hear confessions validly, after he published an op-ed supporting a bill that would remove legal protections for the confessional seal.

Fr. James Connell. Credit: Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Archbishop Jerome Listecki announced March 22 that he had “immediately removed the …

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