Two priests over-imbibing on the communion wine eventually got so drunk they began confiding their sins to each other and admitted they had both fathered illegitimate children
When they began to sober up they realised what they had done and began to panic
"I know", said the first, "you take my confession and I'll take yours, that way we'll both be of the hook"
They made their way to the confessional and Father Ted says to Father Donal, "You go first"
So Donal got in the box and began, "Bless me father for I have sinned...." and repeated what he had told his mate earlier
Father Ted absolved him from his wrongdoing with 'Three Our Fathers and Three Hail Marys'
Then Ted got in the box and did the same
When he'd finished, Father Donal let out a roar and said, "There's far too much of this sort of thing going on; this is the second one I've heard today - I'm going to report you to the Bishop"
Jim Carroll