Confession is an acknowledgement that one has offended God and is truly sorry for having done so. I don' think that Mike thougt in those terms nor was really sorry. As far as Lamberto's comment about Mike not changing, I believe he was referring to Mike's belief that he was beyond forgiveness.
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