1541 R. Whitford xx. f. 47 Our reuerende father confessour mayster Iohn Fewterer.
1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler I. 239 The admonitions of his father-confessor [Ger. Beichtvaters] might concur.
2007 A. Flacco vi. 61 Moses' line of work made him the custodian of a world of secrets, rather like a father confessor.