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Forgive Me, Father

Jim Woessner

    “...for I have sinned. But that’s the least of my worries. Father, the reason I’m here is that I’m about to sin again. I can’t help myself. I have to tell someone. Either way, I’m doomed. I used to be a priest like you, staff priest at Saint Ellenor’s over on Sutton. Last month I heard a deathbed confession from a mass murderer. He died right after, but he belongs to a group that will likely kill again. What do I do? I can’t tell the authorities or I’ll be excommunicated for breaking ‘the sacred seal of confession.’ That’s why I left the priesthood. I didn’t want to be defrocked. But even now I fear losing my soul. So, I’ve written it all down on this piece of paper that I’m sliding under the curtain. It contains the names of our own government agents. Every detail. It’s all there. Father, I know who brought down the Twin Towers, and it wasn’t foreign terrorists. It was us. And now you know, too. Thanks for hearing my confession. I feel so much better.”

    Moments after the ex-priest left, a voice was heard from the dark interior of the confessional. “Thanks for sharing.”

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