AN ELDERLY ITALIAN, CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN

An elderly Italian man who lived on  the outskirts of Rimini , Italy , 
went to the local church for  confession.  When the priest slid open the 
panel in the confessional, the man said:

"Father, during World War II, a  beautiful Jewish woman from our 
neighbourhood knocked urgently on my  door and asked me to hide her from 
the Nazis .  So I hid her in my attic.."

The priest replied: "That was a wonderful thing you did, and you have no 
need to confess that."

"There is more to tell, Father.  She started to repay me with sexual 
favours.  This  happened several times a week, and sometimes twice on 
Sundays.. "

The priest said, "That was a long time ago and by doing what you did, 
you placed the two of you in great danger, but two people under those 
circumstances can easily succumb to the weakness of  the flesh. However, 
if  you are truly sorry for your actions, you are indeed forgiven."

"Thank you, Father.  That's a great load off my mind.  I do have one 
more
question."

"And what is that?" asked the priest.

"Should I tell her the war is over?''