Hello to everyone who is reading me. I just wanted to ask a question regarding a shameful act of my sexuality that happened when I was 14 years old, when I discovered the acts of masturbation (I didn't know it was a sin because I considered myself an atheist back then, I know, I was stupid...) I lusted and masturbated over my dog and I tried to put him in sexual acts with me (I know it is shameful what I am saying), but it ended up just in masturbation after alll and I don't know if I received God's forgiveness for that. When I confessed to my confessor I said: "I want to beg God's forgiveness for every sexual perversion I made in my life, knowing it and not knowing it" and after that, I made no other sexual perversion (besides masturbation but I confessed that too), was my sin forgiven? I also didn't want to charge my confessor with too many details because it is not productive at all.
What do you guys think? I couldn't have said to my confessor it was zoofilia since the sexual intercourse didn't happen at all, ever, it was just masturbation, and I already asked forgiveness for "every sexual perversion I made in my life", do you think I am forgiven?
I did not post this in the "Sexuality" subforum since this regards the Sacrament of Confession and a priest, so it is better for it to be here. I posted this on the Catholic forum too, but since you Orthodox also have valid confession and valid orders and you confess to a priest, I want to know your opinion on the subject too.
What do you guys think? I couldn't have said to my confessor it was zoofilia since the sexual intercourse didn't happen at all, ever, it was just masturbation, and I already asked forgiveness for "every sexual perversion I made in my life", do you think I am forgiven?
I did not post this in the "Sexuality" subforum since this regards the Sacrament of Confession and a priest, so it is better for it to be here. I posted this on the Catholic forum too, but since you Orthodox also have valid confession and valid orders and you confess to a priest, I want to know your opinion on the subject too.