June 21, 2001

By ABP staff

LONDON, England (ABP) -- “Confession is between you and your priest,” the old saying goes. Not anymore.

A Web site that offers online confessions was visited one million times in the first 72 hours after it was launched by a nondenominational Christian radio station in London.

Internet users who go to the company’s Web site, www.theconfessor.co.uk, are greeted with, “Here’s an opportunity for confession and repentance.” They are prompted to type their confession, which is confidential and is erased once the user moves to the next screen.

“It takes them on a journey of faith,” Peter Kerridge, managing director of Premier Christian Radio, told the Hartford (Conn.) Courant. “I think it rings true for many people that confession is a way of getting rid of the garbage in life.”

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