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my Catholic God...is not a hateful one...we got a good out..called confession...
It must be a great comfort to you.
My understanding is that a necessary precondition of confession is repentance - the sincere intention not to repeat the action. To describe confession as "a good out" is therefore a contradiction of its purpose and according to my Catholic friends means the confession and absolution has no effect