"Adultery, fraud, and manslaughter are mortal sins." St. Cyprian of Carthage, "Treatise VII," c. 250 A.D. "The clergyman who is deposed for mortal sin, shall not be excommunicated." St. Basil the ...
"I am sorry for these and all the sins of my past life, especially for..."(mention in general any past sin for which you are particularly sorry; for example, all my sins against charity). The priest ...