solicitant

noun2

1. •
   One who solicits.

   • The communication between the medium and the human solicitants, described by both the medium and Pu, was conducted through informal yet polite conversation. — 2006
2. •
   (historical) A priest who abused the confessional to solicit women.

   • Solicitant, one who, abusing the privacy of the confessional, tempts women to a violation of chastity. — 1894