“You know, a priest may be tortured, maimed, killed, fined, imprisoned, but he may not disclose the knowledge he has acquired in the confessional. He may not reveal anything under this seal to anyone, not even to the penitent himself unless the penitent permits him. Under no conditions may this be qualified; the seal of confession is inviolate for this is true confession to the Lord himself as a matter of de fide dogma.”
