Go to the court and tell them everything that you've told me, ... And that is exactly what he did. He made a public declaration of everything he said to me.

It was a heart-to-heart talk where he was feeling very badly that two of his friends had been accused and convicted of something which he had done, and it was his desire to do something to make the truth appear and he wanted to make public the fact that he was responsible and they were not,

a formal confession to begin with, but an appeal to me for advice, followed by a blessing.

I used to insinuate myself into the lives of many people on the street,

Far from feeling in giving this testimony that I was doing harm to him, I was revealing to the court and the people around that this was the most redeeming moment of his life and probably the most heroic moment of his life,

There is nothing, first of all, nothing more sacred then the seal of confession, ... I did not consider this to fall under that precise seal of confession because he had not come to me explicitly seeking absolution, but to find a solution on how he could help his friends.

went publicly and conveyed this material to the lawyers. At this point the seal of confession is not in play.

pardon in the name of God for the things that he had done wrong.

He was suffering deeply inside himself. He came to me, not in a confessional situation, but to me as a friend,

He was crestfallen and guilt-ridden, because he was allowing at that point two boys in his group who had not been present and were not responsible for the murder to take the blame for something he had done,