repent

John Paul visited him in prison in December 1983, where he repented for the crime but did not specify his motives.

According to court reporters, his lawyer Anna Karpenko said her client "sincerely repented" and that he believed he had simply been following orders from above not to take any prisoners.

At the time they released a statement which called on church leaders who had strayed from what they called "tenets of orthodoxy" to repent.

Most important of all, it inverts the liberal narrative of history, in which the misdeeds of the past offer us important lessons, mistakes to be confronted, repented and transcended on the path to something better.

He told Miller to consider the “spiritual ramifications” of his behavior under church doctrines, to repent and make restitution.