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Recent Examples of confessor
Instead, the central question and driving force is how Aggie and Brian will lure Nile out of the walled fortress afforded by wealth and into the trap of spilling his guts to a confessor.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
The automatic consequence for a confessor who breaks the seal of confession is excommunication – that is, banned, at least temporarily, from the sacraments of the church.
—Timothy Gabrielli, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
In many cases, the handler is simultaneously confessor, babysitter, psychologist, spiritual mentor and surrogate family member.
—Yossi Melman, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
Forcing priests to divulge confessions, while exempting all manner of secular confessors, is rank religious discrimination.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 May 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
The automatic consequence for a confessor who breaks the seal of confession is excommunication – that is, banned, at least temporarily, from the sacraments of the church.
—Timothy Gabrielli, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
In many cases, the handler is simultaneously confessor, babysitter, psychologist, spiritual mentor and surrogate family member.
—Yossi Melman, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
Forcing priests to divulge confessions, while exempting all manner of secular confessors, is rank religious discrimination.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confessor
Noun
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Skinner, a chaplain with the Utah Air National Guard, is running for office for the first time.—
Noah Daly
May 7,
Idaho Statesman,
7 May 2026
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Allen had also asked for a chaplain May 3 and still hasn't seen one, according to Ohm.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
Noun
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Kozak was appointed parish pastor in 2002, and served in that role until his retirement in 2015.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The pastor who's leading that refuge is also taking personal precautions.—
Irene Gonzalez,
CBS News,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Among the major threats to Rocha Moya’s political survival was the outcry about the 2024 shooting death of his one-time chief political rival, Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, a former lawmaker and university rector.—
Steve Fisher,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Throughout his work, the monsignor has served numerous parishes and schools across the local archdiocese, including Our Lady’s in Scituate, Our Lady of the Assumption in Lynnfield and Saint Peter Parish in Cambridge, and became rector of the Cathedral in 2008.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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The chapel vicar Cardinal Baldo Reina has issued a statement on the matter, but has not weighed in on whether the angel’s face is that of the prime minister.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Francis also invited the female Anglican bishop, Jo Bailey Wells, into a private meeting of his cardinal advisers in 2024 to discuss the role of women in the Catholic Church.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Cecil Newton, a Pentecostal bishop, was present for the entire hearing but did not testify.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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But when Niesen presented the plans to the abbot of the monastery, he was met with hesitation.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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The abbot of Wat Saman Rattanaram in Chachoengsao province, about 50 miles east of Bangkok, warned that cremation services may have to be suspended.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
22 Mar. 2026
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Pope Leo in December appointed Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks as archbishop of New York, signifying a move to a more pastoral and missionary-inspired leadership in one of the largest archdiocese in the nation.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Thomas Wenski, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami, asked for the decision to be reviewed in an April 16 opinion piece published to the organization’s website.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Confessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confessor. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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