Question:
My husband is a Protestant. He has committed mortal sins and prayed for forgiveness, but will he be able to go to Heaven since he will not have participated in the sacrament of penance? Am I able to confess on his behalf?
Answer:
We cannot confess someone else’s sins in the sacrament of confession.
The Church teaches us that perfect contrition of sin does obtain forgiveness for even mortal sins (Catechism, 1452).
Judgment of every sinner is ultimately up to God who is perfectly just and merciful. God is not bound by his sacraments (Catechism, 1257).
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