Catholic confession question

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I am a Catholic, I have diagnosed Asperger's, and I would like to ask my fellow catholic aspie, who take their faith seriously.

Is the confession should go into detail???

Unfortunately, I'm addicted to porn and more;-).

I was once a priest who confessed my, he told me that I should use the sacrament of penance as most often, even weekly .

I wonder if the confession is sufficient only to confess the sin of pornography, or you need to speak with the details of what kind it was pornography (lesbian, gay, bsdm)??

Last edited by pawelk1986 on 13 Sep 2012, 10:47 am, edited 1 time in total.

I'm sure the priest will want to know all the details of the spankings and where you got your porn collection.

In a way, confession is about you releasing a burden you feel. If you feel burdened by the details, you share them. If you can feel relieved of your burden without sharing the details, then they should not be necessary. You should leave the confessional feeling that you have truly had the opportunity to release your burden. What that means will vary by person.

Confess the heaviest and most severe sins and then try to sin more. Also, there's way to treat yourself of porn addiction. Also, is your pastor a diocesan or part of a religious order?

He is going to want very detailed and graphic descriptions of the porn.

the problem with confessing a sin is that no one will forgive me of the sin.

Go and woo thee a wife.

Former Catholic Catechist.



The theory is that you should put as "much detail as you think is needed". If you feel guilty over the fact that it was porn. You can say "I have also watched porn X times". But if what makes you feel guilty is the homosexual part. Then you have to say "I have watched homosexual porn X times". So, what do you feel guilty about?

PS: Pornography is not a sin. Is it? I don't think the bible writes "though shalt not watch porn".

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And really. I long for the day in which less people feel like sharing secrets with a priest. I think the whole confession thing was invented by the Catholic church to gain political leverage through extortion and stuff back in the dark ages.

He doesn't want details unless the details change the nature of the sin. Just say something like "I watched porn about 20 times" or even "I watched porn a bunch of times".

It really depends on the priest as to whether or not he's going to give you strict penance or talk to you about it and ask you why you feel addicted to it and give you a type of penance that will maybe help you deal with the addiction, rather than the three Our Fathers and three Hail Mary's.

Only if it incites you to ejaculation.

Otherwise, ya ain't got nuthin' to confess.

My King James attributes this to Jesus:



Adultery is a sin.

Well, okay. As long as he is watching without lusting, then.

Listening to these confessions, day in and day out, must get to be quite a strain for the priest, who is supposed to be the very model of sexual repression. Maybe the priest would like to relieve himself with a good wank after listening to all of this, but he can't. He has a vow of asexuality to maintain.

Any ejaculation outside of the vagina of one's wife is a venal sin. Any contraception is also a sin. Most Catholics do engage in coitus with contraception. So, they all have to go and confess this to a priest, and fill his asexual mind with more thoughts of lust.

Suppose a husband tells his wife to give him a blowjob? If she complies, then she commits the sin of stimulating his penis. If she refuses, then she commits the sin of disobedience. It is probably more in her interest to comply, but then to make sure that he understands that the responsibility for the sin falls entirely upon his head.

Married people who confess their use of contraception probably don't stop using contraception--they just continue feeling guilty about it.

I really wouldn't trust a priest to listen to an adolescent boy's confessions. Adolescents are just becoming aware of their sexuality, and can be quite vulnerable. If the goal is sexual repression, there are other ways of accomplishing this. For example, boys could be made to confess to a nun. But, a priest really shouldn't be trusted to listen to boys.

^Either they haven't thought it through, or the goal isn't sexual repression, but guilt.

Either way, a boy confessing to a priest is likely to end up with a mountain of things about which to feel ashamed.

It would be much better for the boy to go ahead and enjoy his pornography privately, rather than to bring in a priest who is likely to have his own issues, and who may take advantage of the boy's vulnerability.

You do know you have to be sorry for what you did when you go to confession.

You don't have to go into vulgar details.