don't ask, don't tell

“…Honestly, the number of atheists and agnostics I talk to who deny the remotest possibility of a relationship with God and then ask, in a somewhat timid, casual tone, ‘Can people who aren’t Catholic go to confession?’ is both ridiculous and wonderful…Yes, just become Catholic beforehand.”
​https://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2011/10/real-confession.html