I’m not a Catholic, so please enlighten me: do the priests publish a list of those parishioners who have purchased dispensations? Or is that all totally private?
And if it’s public how much information is divulged? Is it just the identity of the absolved? Or does it specify which sins the absolution covered? Is there a published fee schedule, or is everything negotiated ad hoc?
If Vrabel purchased a dispensation is he totally absolved so no apology would be required? Or is a dispensation just like an EZ pass that lets him bypass the purgatory holding cell, but still means he has to appease irate fans?