Some asked why not just tell Abouna “no you’re not forgiven” Besides cause a world of ecclesiastical trouble for both you and the priest, a true story as related to me by an older person. It occurred in their church in Egypt when they were a child. There was a priest who admittedly had no business being a priest (but those things seemed to happen quite a bit back in those days) It came to the this part of the liturgy and someone from the few people who still prayed there told abouna he refuses to forgive him. Abouna then proceeded to come down from the altar and beat the man with a shoe. (The priest in question was then as they say in Egypt sent behind the sun.) So the moral of the story is if you want to risk it make sure there are no shoes around.
Not So Spiritual Words 