An old priest was beginning to get fed up with the number of people confessing to adultery. One Sunday in the pulpit he announced, “If I hear another adultery confession from any of you, I’m quitting.”
To avoid incurring his wrath during confessions, the wayward parishioners came up with a code word: Adulterers would tell the priest that they had fallen. The arrangement appeared to satisfy the popular clergyman right up until his death.
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