ROME (Reuters) - An Italian couple who were caught having sex in a
church confessional box while morning Mass was being said have repented
and made peace with the local bishop.
The couple, in their early 30s, were detained by police earlier this
month after they had made love in the confessional box in the cathedral
in northern Cesena. They were cautioned for obscene acts in public and
disturbing a religious function.
Their lawyer said they had been drinking all night and realised they had gone too far.
Thelawyer told the area's local newspaper on Wednesday the couple met with
the local bishop on Tuesday night, asked for his forgiveness and that
he had given it.
Last week the bishop celebrated a "Mass of
reparation" in the cathedral where the confessional box incident took
place to make up for the sacrilege.