Isn’t it great how a priest can feel somehow right by hearing a confession that a man killed his ex-wife, and instead of reporting it to the police as he should, he tells no one. FYI, priests are not doctors or lawyers and do not have some special rite where they cannot tell others what they hear, that’s strictly left to their own discretion and should be held accountable when they don’t report murders; a doctor would report a murder or even abuse, even if it breaches patient confidentiality.

Pastor: Cop told fourth wife he killed third wife

BOLINGBROOK, Illinois (AP) — A former police officer’s missing wife once confided in a pastor that her husband admitted killing his third wife, the pastor said.

Former Westbrook Christian Church pastor Neil Schori told Fox News Channel’s Greta Van Susteren in an interview broadcast Monday that Stacy Peterson told him in August that her husband, Drew Peterson, admitted killing his previous wife, Kathleen Savio.

Schori said he asked Stacy Peterson, Drew Peterson’s fourth wife, to clarify what she had said and she responded, “‘He killed Kathleen.”‘ Schori said the conversation occurred when he and Stacy Peterson met at a coffee shop.

Savio’s body was found in her bathtub in 2004 and her death initially was ruled an accidental drowning. After Stacy Peterson disappeared in October, prosecutors opened another investigation into the Savio case, and said it appears her death was a homicide staged to look like an accident. Drew Peterson has not been named a suspect in her death.

But more importantly

Last month, the Westbrook Christian Church’s pastor of spiritual formation told The Associated Press that Stacy Peterson requested an August meeting with a member of their pastoral staff when the church made a routine call to see why she and Drew Peterson had not attended services in recent months.

The church official made a “judgment call” not to alert authorities and did not consult with other church staff, Rob Daniels said.