"I'm Catholic," Lorna said with a sense of self-depreciation, "If I didn't apologize for it, I would have to apologize for not apologizing later," and to a priest. Which reminded her, she was now very due for confession, as she had killed.
Was it really true priests weren't supposed to repeat whatever it was they heard in a confessional? She wondered. And what exactly was penance for murder anyway? It could hardly be something mundane.