Note 802 — Chapter III · THE DUTIES OF THE CONFESSOR AFTER THE CONFESSION
Richard F. (Richard Frederick) Clarke translation
Lugo, l. c. n. 61; Lacroix, Reuter, and Stotz, however, explain the matter thus: The confessor is not ordinarily allowed to say that the penitent had not been absolved; but if the penitent were to say casually, in presence of the confessor and others, that he had not been absolved, permission would thereby be given to the latter to say it also; but the confessor is by no means allowed to disclose the reason for refusing the absolution, if the indisposition of the penitent has been the motive of it, or if the disclosure is in any way unpleasant to the penitent.