Priests at a Scottish cathedral are offering ‘drive thru’ confessionals to their flock during the coronavirus lockdown.
Starting at 10.30am on Saturday, parishioners of St Mary’s in Aberdeen have been urged to drop by and confess their sins to the priest through his letterbox.
A post on the cathedral’s Facebook page said: “Drive By Confessions.
“Starting tomorrow at 10.30am, if you should be out doing your shopping or excercise, you can pop into the Cathedral car park for a Drive By Confession (and, yes, I did say 'drive by').
“Reverse into the Administrator's parking space. Stay in your car. “The priest will stay in the house, letterbox open. “Confess your sins.
"Receive absolution. Drive on.”
The scheme was welcomed online by most parishioners.
Monica Jamieson said: “It sounds a little bit Fr Ted but it’s a good idea!”
While Don Stuart wrote: “I like the title. Is there going to be a sign outside saying 'Do Ya Feel Guilty Punk?”
And Fiona-Jane Brown gushed: “Seriously? That sounds BRILLIANT!”
However others were less impressed.
Mari Raikes wrote: “This makes a joke of the sacrament - get out of your clergy bubble and see how ridiculous this sounds!!!”
