The Priest, the Woman, and the Confessional

A compelling exploration of the relationship between the Catholic priest, women, and confession, written by one of the most conspicuous champions of Protestantism. Contents: the struggle before the surrender of womanly self respect in the confessional; auricular confession: a deep pit of perdition for the priest; a confessional is the modern Sodom; how the vow of celibacy of priests is made easy by auricular confession; a highly-educated and refined woman in the confessional-what becomes of her after unconditional surrender-her irreparable ruin; auricular confession destroys all the sacred ties of marriage and human society; should auricular confession be tolerated among civilized nations; does auricular confession bring peace to the soul; the dogma of auricular confession a sacrilegious impostor; God compels the church of Rome to confess the abominations or auricular confession.