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Confession Priest Booth Penace Penalty Public Private Catholic Church Punishment
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Most people, even non-Catholics, know what going to confession involves. One travels to a church, in a corner of which is situated a confessional booth.
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Public confession of sins was part of this (although private confession followed by public penance gained acceptance after the official conversion of Rome)
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Penitents were required to kneel outside the church, wearing sackcloth and ashes, during Mass and were not allowed to participate in the Eucharist
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For major, or "deadly" sins, the length of this penance could number in years, and one could only be absolved once of such a sin before one was excommunicated