Note 12 — ANDA’S MEMORIAL, 1768
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It is an abuse that amid the many and heavy fees which the regulars charge the Indians they exact fees for confession, and, in the [very] act of making the confession, one and one-half reals in order to comply with the precept, under the pretext of the three feasts, namely, Corpus Christi, the titular saint, and Holy Thursday; for even if that is not simony, at least est res pesimi exempli.12 It is certain that the Indian believes that he pays for confession, and it is also a fact that if he does not pay he is not confessed.