# Do Catholics still have to report masturbation in Confession?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-catholics-still-have-to-report-masturbation-in-confession/615038>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 7, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-catholics-still-have-to-report-masturbation-in-confession/615038 "2012-03-07T15:50:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-catholics-still-have-to-report-masturbation-in-confession/615038/61 "2014-03-25T14:35:53Z")

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> [@Ulfreida](#):
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> Well, the practical truth of the matter is that people don’t confess sins they don’t think are sins and aren’t sorry for.

If the whole edifice of doctrine is true, deciding on our own what is and is not a sin and what we should or should not repent from means we’re in deep yaknowhat. OTOH we can always confess THAT, I guess…

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