<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> In the Roman Catholic Church, the Seal of Confession (or Seal of the Confessional) is the absolute duty of priests not to disclose anything that they learn from penitents during the course of the Sacrament of Penance (confession). Even where the seal of confession does not strictly apply--where there is no specific serious sin confessed for the purpose of receiving absolution--priests have a serious obligation not to cause scandal by the way they speak . </P> <P> Gratian, who compiled the edicts of previous Catholic Ecumenical Councils and the principles of church law, published the Decretum about 1151 . It includes the following declaration of the law as to the seal of confession: "Let the priest who dares to make known the sins of his penitent be deposed ." Gratian goes on to say that the violator of this law should be made a lifelong, ignominious wanderer . </P>

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