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An elderly Italian man, who lived on the
outskirts of Monte Cassino,
went to
the local church for
confession.
When the priest slid open the panel in the
confessional, the man said:
"Father .. during World War II, a
beautiful woman knocked on my door
and
asked me to hide her from
the enemy. So I hid her in my attic."
The priest replied: "That was
a wonderful thing you did! You have no
need to
confess
that."
"It's worse than that, Father. She started to repay me with
sexual
favors."
The priest said: "By doing that, you were both
in great danger.
However,
two people under those circumstances can
be very tempted to act that
way.
But if you are truly sorry for
your actions, you are indeed forgiven."
"Thank you, Father. That's
a great load off my mind. But I do have one
more
question."
"And what is that?" asked the priest.
"Should I tell her the war is over?
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