Hi all,
I just want to seek your advise for someone i know who wants to come back to Church and confess to our Bishop. I honestly don't know what was going on since he doesn't want to elaborate (and i don't think i want to hear much either), but i guess it's a grave sin, and i just dunno how to answer. So hopefully from the hints you can all give some sound advise.
Well, this person wants to confess to the Bishop about a serious sin he's committed in the past but afraid that his family, or even the whole ward, would know. He loves his family so much, but is not open at sharing them the burden. I deduced he doesn't want them to look at him differently after knowing. Also let me just add that he's a great force in the family to keep them semi-active.
He was inactive for a while now, and though he's attended church a few times eversince, he's never partaken of the sacrament (because he doesn't feel worthy). I guess knowing that already meant that he's already suffered much and repented much on his own.
So the questions are:
1. If he tells the Bishop, is it in strict confidentiality? Or will anybody else know?
2. Is there a chance that after telling the Bishop, the punishment will be excommunication? (Coz if that's the case, everyone will know for sure.)
That's it. Hope to hear from everyone, and help bring back one soul to the Lord. Thanks.
