Kakki
I was just going to sit down at the computer and write nearly the exact same
remembrance of an early confession I made to a somewhat amused priest who
patiently explained to me that thinking about "naked ladies" was not, in
fact, committing adultery. It seemed a pretty adult thing to me at the time.

Ranger Rick

Kakki wrote
> Shortly thereafter my parents
> dutifully dropped me off at the church one Saturday to go to confession.  At
> that age, I was always racking my brain to come up with something so I
> thought, "oh yeah" and confessed to committing adultery three times.  The
> priest was very silent and seemed to cough a bit and asked "what exactly did
> you do, my child?"  I was embarrassed to tell him I'd said the word "pee"
> three times.  Another long pause and then he said "my child, you have not
> committed adultery" and then he let me off with a minimal penance. 

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