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***** Confess as fornication? WARNING!! Adult Content	Mark	Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Question: If anal sex occured during fornication, does confessing this sin as fornication suffice or does one have to confess that anal sex was involved?
Question Answered by *** WARNING!! This question and answer is of a mature nature. Parental discretion is advised. Dear Mark: Although it is nasty, as Father William Most told me once, it is not a sin to have anal sex as long as the man does not ejaculate. There are medical and sanitary reasons, however, to avoid this type of sex. Fornication is fornication. The Church requires that we confess kind and number; details are not required unless the priest asks for details. Thus, to confess fornication is sufficient, anal sex is not a separate sin. If, however, the man ejaculates anywhere outside of the vagina that constitutes a separate sin -- that of blocking the potential of life -- which will be a second sin to confess in addition to fornication. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions** go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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Confess as fornication?
WARNING!! Adult Content

Mark

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

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If anal sex occured during fornication, does confessing this sin as fornication suffice or does one have to confess that anal sex was involved?

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WARNING!! This question and answer is of a mature nature. Parental discretion is advised.

Dear Mark:

Although it is nasty, as Father William Most told me once, it is not a sin to have anal sex as long as the man does not ejaculate. There are medical and sanitary reasons, however, to avoid this type of sex.

Fornication is fornication. The Church requires that we confess kind and number; details are not required unless the priest asks for details. Thus, to confess fornication is sufficient, anal sex is not a separate sin.

If, however, the man ejaculates anywhere outside of the vagina that constitutes a separate sin -- that of blocking the potential of life -- which will be a second sin to confess in addition to fornication.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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