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According to a google search he never admitted to this crime in his life, the admission is only posthumous.
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Confession confers absolution because God has infinite love for us, as we are his children. However, much like a child must come to their father to confess of a mistake that they have made and be forgiven, so must we with God.
At least according to St. Augustine. This whole thing was never originally a part of Christianity until he popularized the practice in North Africa.