Man confesses fake Sins to 24 Italian Priests to see if they agree

"Shame! There is no other word to express our distress toward an operation that was disgusting, worthless, disrespectful and particularly offensive," the newspaper said.

The Journalist of L'Espresso magazine wanted to see, how differently priests respond, to the same questions posed by a Confessor. He acted as a sinner and posed the following question, that he was an HIV Patient and whether he should use a condom to have sex with his girlfriend. One priest said no to this question, the other said just to follow his conscience. Similarly he posed questions to 24 Priests in 5 Italian cities and asked them questions regarding homosexuality, divorce, euthanasia and prostitution etc., He wrote an article discussing the various and different answers in L'Espresso magazine. When the Vatican found about this information being revealed they were outraged and condemned this journalist and said that exploited the good faith of confession and offended the religious sentiment of the people. They said:

"It was a sacrilege, because it violated the sacred space in which a self-recognized sinner asks intimately to receive God's merciful love"

I agree with the Vatican, whatever is revealed in confidentiality should be preserved. What happens if the Priests go ahead and publish the confessions in the magazine it will be an outrage. What is your views on this? Do you think this journalist went too far or he was just doing his job?