sentences:  Oswald Tesimond played a small role in the Gunpowder plot; while not directly involved, he knew of the plot from the confessional, and the motives of the conspirators.It is a near-certainty that the actual plot was divulged to Tesimond by Robert Catesby, someone who was deeply involved.Catesby had asked for advice in general terms about the morality of collaterally causing the death of innocents.