I was wondering if someone would ask that question.
The paper in question (Hoy) says he said that (or something similar). More precisely the paper implies he said that.
It’s not a quote.
There are certainly leftists everywhere in every paper on the planet. Some even more extreme than ours believe it or not.
It was a marvelous, intimate and unique experience. What happened in that meeting, what was said, is something that will remain between us, the ones that participated, since this is something I want to live with the utmost intimacy."
And I doubt it was a sacramental confession because "it" was "it"'s fiance at the time.