In the legal world, there is a distinction between a confession and an admission. But in common use, the distinction between the two is that an admission means owning what is already known.
In that sense, the list released by the Catholic Diocese of Jackson Tuesday is probably both. The church has confessed specifically to acts known generally.
The list includes the names of 37 Catholic clergy who served in Mississippi whom the church considers allegations of sexual abuse are credible. It als
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