If my neighbor confessed:
Her husband was an athlete that took bribes for fixing games (I will keep this as generic as possible).
That's how she can afford to live in a nice neighborhood.
She doesn't like anyone that's not her particular religion, culture or have the same degree of melanin in their skin. She feels that her particular combination makes her the classiest and worthy.
Her husband died and left her a widow. This allows her to play the "poor old widow" role to everyone. She has found this to be very effective and gets people to do ridiculous things for her.
When people eventually tire of being manipulated, she calls them up and screams at them, or gets other people to do so. She feels very entitled to be the "neighborhood queen" since her husband was a well-known sports figure decades ago.
She calls the police or other agency several times a week on false pretenses that someone has an unlicensed car, illegal dumping, toxic waste, ugly tree, people "doing things" to her trash, etc. In every case, none of the neighbors have done anything wrong. In fact, it is a quiet and well-kept street. There's always some sort of city vehicle slowly cruising the street because of her fake calls. She's forgotten the "don't bear false witness against thy neighbor" commandment.
Perhaps that should be her first confession, both here and to her priest.
Her husband was an athlete that took bribes for fixing games (I will keep this as generic as possible).
That's how she can afford to live in a nice neighborhood.
She doesn't like anyone that's not her particular religion, culture or have the same degree of melanin in their skin. She feels that her particular combination makes her the classiest and worthy.
Her husband died and left her a widow. This allows her to play the "poor old widow" role to everyone. She has found this to be very effective and gets people to do ridiculous things for her.
When people eventually tire of being manipulated, she calls them up and screams at them, or gets other people to do so. She feels very entitled to be the "neighborhood queen" since her husband was a well-known sports figure decades ago.
She calls the police or other agency several times a week on false pretenses that someone has an unlicensed car, illegal dumping, toxic waste, ugly tree, people "doing things" to her trash, etc. In every case, none of the neighbors have done anything wrong. In fact, it is a quiet and well-kept street. There's always some sort of city vehicle slowly cruising the street because of her fake calls. She's forgotten the "don't bear false witness against thy neighbor" commandment.
Perhaps that should be her first confession, both here and to her priest.
