Posted By: sm. on 2008-03-11
In Reply to: Maybe it's the personal preference of the local priest? - birdlady

There are 2 seperate ways you can "enter" a confessional - 1 is behind screen, the other is face to face. Granted some churches don't give you the choice anymore, why I don't know, but they are not supposed to do that.

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