Transactional forgiveness has some success in El Salvador.
Transactional forgiveness has some success in El Salvador. Dennis Sandole and Hugo van der Merwe Dennis Sandole and Hugo van der Merwe Conflict Resolution Theory and Practice. Borrowing from Chilean experience, Salvadorian priests act as intermediaries in the contrition and forgiveness interactions. These transactions seek to heal the breach caused by the human rights abuses of the Salvadorian military and police. The priests offered to hear and hold confidential the confessions of soldiers who had committed rights violations and murders.