Can. 984
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§1. A confessor is prohibited completely from using knowledge acquired from confession to the detriment of the penitent even when any danger of revelation is excluded.
§2. A person who has been placed in authority cannot use in any manner for external governance the knowledge about sins which he has received in confession at any time.
Read the whole title TITLE IVThe Sacrament of Penance 959–997
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- Can. 984 Questions(Confessing to a priest)