text: The wise priest helps one to form a good conscience by pointing out to the penitent what the Church teaches regarding his or her particular moral problem. If the penitent does not like or agree with what the Church teaches then the priest cannot force him or her to accept the teaching, he can only point out the consequences both temporal and eternal of rejecting that teaching.
  To say that conscience is paramount is to misinterpret the doctrine of primacy of conscience. How do we form our consciences? Basically there is something inside each of us which enables us to distinguish right from wrong in most situations. In more complex situations we Catholics have the Church's teaching authority to inform our consciences. If we are prepared to reject what the Church teaches, why are we going through this 'spiritual direction' at all?