Cyprus: confessionals in school

[arcticpenguin]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...2&u=/nm/20031014/od_nm/odd_religion_cyprus_dc

NICOSIA (Reuters) - An Orthodox Bishop has offered to put confession boxes in every Cypriot school for teenagers to seek repentance for their sins.
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The Greek Cypriot education ministry has close ties to the Orthodox Church and several schools already have small chapels. Religion classes are part of the Greek Cypriot school curriculum and focus heavily on Orthodox Christian doctrines.

Athanassios, a bishop from the southern port city of Limassol, is willing to pay for the confessionals, the daily Phileleftheros reported.

 

[BobK]

Who's going to hear the confessions? Are they going to assign a priest to every school in the country? No one else would be bound to privacy. Maybe they'll give the job to the class blabbermouth.

 

[pupdog]

Good idea--let's set up public confessionals around the USA to assist our Dept of Justice--Pastor John can hear our confessions of sins against God and The Administration.

 

[arcticpenguin]

Good idea--let's set up public confessionals around the USA to assist our Dept of Justice--Pastor John can hear our confessions of sins against God and The Administration.

That's not really necessary. Carni - excuse me, Echelon already takes care of that. Paster John knows your sins, thus saving you the embarrassment of confessing them.