Mistakes of the confessor and restitution

Absolution culpably withheld; penance not imposed; when the confessor is bound to repair harm.

The works themselves ask 8 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

See also Restitution — in Justice and Rights (Seventh and Tenth Commandments)

Also asked about as…

the confessor made a mistake (ed.)

In the index as Confessor · Error (Error) · Penance · Defects · Defects in confession · Restitution · Custom · Keepers of tolls, forests, fields, etc. · Money · One counseling restitution from error · Parents · Repetition · Statutes of Limitation

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Bk. VI, Chapter XIII. Mistakes made in Hearing Confessions, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 4 passages

Vol. II, Bk. III, Tr. V, Diss. II, Pt. II, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. III, § II. On the Obligation of Repairing Defects Admitted in Confession, nn. ¶1, 441, 442 & 443 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 2 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. IV, Art. 3. Repentance; Penanc…, Reparation of Defects, nn. 2765 & 2766 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 8 passages

135. On Relapsers and Those in Occasions, n. 1 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 19 passages

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. III, § VII. On the Mute, the One Not Resisting, the One Not Manifesting, or on Negative Cooperators, n. 691 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Treatise On the Sacrament …, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. II, § I. On the Obligation of Correcting Defects Committed in Confession, nn. 643, 644, 645 & 646 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 5 passages

Vol. I, Matrimony, and Holy Orders, On Penance (Volume I), Moral Part — Chapter II: On the Confessor, nn. 491, 492, 493, 494 & 495 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P. — 5 passages

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. II, § 2. On Negative Cooperation, n. 110 — 110. Corollaries. 1. A confessor who, even from culpable negligence, omits to warn a penitent concerning restitution to be made, of himself is not held to reparation of the damage which arises from this silence for the l… Read in context →

Vol. III, Pt. II, Tr. V, Ch. III, Art. II, § 3, 1. On the Obligation of Correcting Defects or Errors, nn. ¶58, 440, 441 & 442 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Anthony Konings, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. II, TREATISE ON THE SACRAMENT …, PART THIRD: ON THE MINISTE…, Ch. II, Art. II, § I. On the Obligation of Correcting Defects Committed in Confession, nn. ¶1487 & ¶1488 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Pastoral Questions

Benedict H. Merkelbach, O.P. — 18 passages

Ch. IV, Question Third: Concerning…, Article III: Concerning the Obligation of Supplying Defects or Correcting Errors, nn. ¶3804–¶3821 (18 passages)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 19 passages

Vol. III, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On Penance, Fourth Part: On the Minist…, Question Three: On the Dut…, Article III: On the Duties after the Act of Confession, n. 629 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J.

Vol. II, Tr. XV, Pt. III, Ch. II, Art. II, § I. On the Obligation of Correcting Defects Committed in Confession, n. 809 — You Will Resolve. 1°. If the confessor from malice or vincible ignorance or grave negligence unduly released the penitent from making restitution, he is held to correct the error; but if he does not correct it, or if the… Read in context →

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 8 passages

Slater, Cases I, Restitution, Case 5. A Confessor's Mistake, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

The Casuist: A Collection of Cases in Moral and Pastoral Theology

Various; ed. S. Woywod, O.F.M., and J. A. McHugh, O.P. — 3 passages

Vol. V, Case LXIX: A Hasty Decision, nn. ¶1, ¶2 & ¶3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Office of the Confessor — Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Vermeersch, On Chastity · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Concina, Compendium · The Roman Catechism · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)