If the serial killer comes to the priest and says, ‘I have killed six people and plan to kill more. You, Father, included.’ Does the priest have license to act out of self-preservation? If not, are you crazy? If so, what does that do to your argument?
The whole idea of the film is that a murderer comes to a priest and confesses having killed someone, then tries to get the priest falsely suspected of committing the killing himself. The priest comes close to being convicted and executed for the murder, because he can never say or do anything based on the confession he heard.
If the serial killer comes to the priest and says, ‘I have killed six people and plan to kill more. You, Father, included.’ Does the priest have license to act out of self-preservation? If not, are you crazy? If so, what does that do to your argument?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Confess_%28film%29
The whole idea of the film is that a murderer comes to a priest and confesses having killed someone, then tries to get the priest falsely suspected of committing the killing himself. The priest comes close to being convicted and executed for the murder, because he can never say or do anything based on the confession he heard.