Note 482 — Chapter I · JURISDICTION

Lehmkuhl adds the following case: when a priest has, bona fide, began to hear a confession, and a doubt has arisen in his mind as to whether the period of his approbation has expired, there being no possibility of satisfying himself upon the point, this confession, begun and considerably advanced, may be concluded if great inconvenience would otherwise result to confessor and penitent; the confessor must, however, inform the penitent that the absolution administered was of doubtful validity; but if he could, without great inconvenience to either party, break off the confession, he must do so. Lehmkuhl, l. c. n. 390, nota 1.