A Roman Catholic bishop in Poland has excommunicated a journalist after he secretly recorded a church confession for an article about sex abuse by priests.The anti-clerical newspaper has in turn lambasted the church. "The sacrament of penance and reconciliation requires proper understanding and the greatest reverence," said the Rev. Piotr Libera, the bishop of Plock.
"Any profanation of this sacredness deserves severe and unqualified condemnation. To use the sacrament for some dishonest, cynical and deceitful game aimed at striking the confessor is comparable to lifting one's hand against the Blessed Sacrament."
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