If Kennedy made a sincere confession to a Priest he would have wanted the public that he has so horribly poisoned with his actions to know that he had been terribly and horribly wrong. He would have wanted to undo as much of the damage that he has done as possible. A decent Priest would have let him know that since his sins were public so should his confession be. The Priest should have made an announcement to the world that TK had confessed and wanted the world to know. That would have been a sincere confession and as far as The Catholic Church is concerned it should have accepted nothing less and certainly should not have celebrated his wicked life.