People don’t understand that I’m not afraid of going to hell because I don’t believe in the afterlife, so instead, I tell them what I would do if Christianity or any other religion was right. “Well, If Heaven and Hell exist and I end up in hell, I would pledge allegiance to Satan, gain his confidence, and eventually, become his right hand. Then, when he least expects it, I would stab him in the back and take control of all his armies, The next order of business is to declare war on God and invade Heaven. According to Christians, the people in Hell outnumber the people in Heaven by at least 1000 times, With my larger army, victory over the forces of Heaven would be assured. Finally, the last step of my infallible plan to dominate all of existence is to kill God and take his place, Now that I control both the forces of good and evil and the laws of nature are mine to dictate, my power would be supreme and unchallenged for the rest of eternity!” That usually shuts them up!

I cheated on my husband three years ago while traveling for work. It was a one night stand and we didn’t exchange numbers or keep in contact. I don’t even know his last name. Until last month, I’ve never told anyone about this event. At the time I cheated, I didn’t really care because my marriage was rocky and I felt unappreciated. But my husband and I reconnected during quarantine and I started to feel extremely guilty. Last month, I thought I would try going to confession with my parish priest. He said I needed to tell my husband as part of my penance. I wasn’t really sure how to do that, so I’ve sat on it. Last weekend I came home to my husband throwing all of my stuff out of the bedroom and trying to kick me out of the house. He knows everything. Apparently the priest followed up to see if I’d told my husband, and when my husband said he didn’t understand what the priest was talking about, he told my husband about the affair. My whole world is exploding because I thought confession was supposed to be private. Does the priest have any kind of liability or responsibility?