The Confessional Unveiled, or, The Truth about the Confessional
Los Angeles: Published by the author? 1914. First edition. 8vo. (20.5 cm); stapled, illustrated wrappers; 79, [1] pp.; five illustrations. A scathing expose “of the awful abomination known as Auricular Confession, the most degrading species of tyranny ever foisted on civilized humanity." The author, a self-described ex-monk, decries the "bachelor..... More