can a deacon hear confession

What Can (and Can’t) a Deacon Do? Canon Law.. There are no circumstances under which a deacon can hear a confession! Note that it is quite possible for a deacon to counsel a person pastorally; but if, in the course of that counseling, that person decides that he wants to confess his sins, the deacon will have to get a priest to do this. 5. Holy Orders.

What Can (and Can’t) a Deacon Do? Canon Law.
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No. Deacons do not give absoluton and therefore do not hear confessions as a priest does. People may talk with a Deacon if they are do inclined and receive spiritual guidance. But not.