Scholion II. On the Obligation of the Confessor

I. If the confessor detects an impediment which requires dispensation for the external forum, let him send the penitent to the pastor. If the confessor himself is the pastor of the penitent, let him exhort the penitent to open the impediment to him outside confession.

II. If the confessor detects an occult impediment, let him generally warn the penitent about the necessity of dispensation, and, if the penitent consents, he can obtain it for the forum of conscience. The faculty of the confessor sometimes to dispense will be spoken of later.