Absolution

Erin Lee, Stephanie Ayers, Skylar McKinzie, Rita Delude, Rena Marin, Caitlin McCulloch, LJC Fynn, Mary Duke, Lorah Jaiyn, Hope Sherrill, Krystle Able, ES McMillan

Summary

Forgive us, Father, for we have sinned. 
The Roman Catholic sacrament of confession has been around as long as the church. A sacred ritual believed to clear one's soul of guilt and offer eternal forgiveness, believers flock to the confessional to admit their sins to priests in churches across the world every day. 
But what are those sins? 
Vowed to an oath of secrecy, priests listen to the darkest and sometimes smallest of misdeeds. 
What do they hear? 
What penance is paid? 
Join us in the confessional, where authors take their best guess at the stories that are told in the confessional…

Available since: 03/30/2019.

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