Note 1000 — Chapter II · THE TREATMENT OF PENITENTS IN DIFFERENT EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Richard F. (Richard Frederick) Clarke translation
Even those theologians who teach that the aggravating circumstances must also be stated in confession, admit, in puncto VI præcepti, especially in the confessions of women, an exception. “Heedless questioners! have care for yourselves, have care for weak souls, respect the holy Sacrament,” exclaims Frassinetti; and the Angel of the Schools says, “Potius estis contaminatores quam confessores.” Cf. Gousset, Moral Theol. for the use of parish priests and confessors, II. n. 424; Gury, l. c. n. 1261.