In trying to connect the dots, if his faith is real (and from what I know, it is), I would think his conversations were faith-based and he asked for forgiveness. I don’t think he is looking for a free pass. I’m sure his text being exposed made him self evaluate the consistency of his beliefs. No wonder that so many are self censoring when a guy talks about his faith, he gets hammered. Yes, we wouldn’t be talking about this with your suggested response.