The-spy Quote by Paulo Coelho

“I went to the priest for confession, but he didn’t do it.”

— Jarod Kintz

It used to irritate a friend of mine that when he went to confession he never got the chance to tell the priest the…

— Monica Furlong

“I shouldn't be surprised. Catholicism is the ultimate loophole religion (sin, confess, repeat), so it makes sense that a priest would know better than…

— Marc Acito

If you were Catholic, you'd singe the ears of the priest you confessed to.

— Jeaniene Frost

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

— Oscar Wilde

How often the priest had heard the same confession--Man was so limited: he hadn't even the ingenuity to invent a new vice: the animals…

— Graham Greene

I'm Catholic, I'm conditioned to confess.

— Tim Donaghy

“Every priest who hears confessions is, by definition, an accessory to ever crime he hears about and does not report to the authorities.”

— David Silverman

“The Roman Catholic Church has historically taught that, as an element of penance and evidence of true repentance, the Christian must confess all his…

— Archibald Alexander Hodge

“When a Catholic priest from across the street insulted one of our members, you demanded he apologize. When he did, you accepted, as his…

— Mitch Albom

“Catholic guilt was a powerful tool,”

— Amy Harmon

“If you can confess before a friend, you don't need a priest.”

— Amit Kalantri