He is unable to break the seal of confession by going to the police.

Under the seal of confession, which means that priest can't ever tell anyone else what the person said.

I ask no more even under the seal of confession, since there are secrets which it is not well to learn.

Now you see why I wanted you to hear it under the seal of confession?"

The priest is bound by the seal of confession.

Easy to see why he feared to confide, for her sake, even under the seal of confession.

The seal of confession;: A drama in five acts.

He reveals that the priest cannot break the seal of confession, even if it includes a serious crime or murder.

His informant, the priest, must have known that, but under seal of confession, so he would not tell Armanni.

That way you have of lighting a cigar would make a priest break the seal of confession.

"It's called the seal of confession," he said, interrupting.

Such things," continued Bertuccio, shaking his head, "are only related under the seal of confession."

Priests are prohibited from violating the seal of confession no matter how grave the sin or its impact on society.

'I know about the seal of confession.

She therefore sought a confessor renowned for his lofty charity, and, under the seal of confession, told him all.

"Your predecessor called it the Seal of Confession.

The next step is for you; I shall take no more steps; I will seal this with the seal of confession.

Later on the series, after being ashamed on breaking the seal of confession to save Santino, he quit the priesthood.

A confessor who directly violated the seal of confession incurred an automatic excommunication, which only the Vatican could lift.

Adapted from Father Spillman's story " A victim to the seal of confession."

A priest is forbidden under penalty of excommunication to reveal any matter heard under the seal of confession.

Muteau points out, also, that the Inquisition itself uniformly laid down that "never, in no interest," should the seal of confession be violated.

Realising that he cannot tell anyone without breaking the seal of confession, the priest tries to keep an eye on Dyson and Stanfield.

I suppose it was written under the seal of confession, in a way-but I imagine death has dissolved this particular seal."

There is no seal of confession in my art, but there is a decent reticence.' '