Re: This is confusing
This was apparently an attempt at explaining that he had changed his ways and did not think that way anymore. It was probably unwise, and it seems that people concentrated not on the fact that he was a good man now, but rather that he used to be even worse than they had thought. One way or another, it backfired spectacularly, and it might well be that making such an unforced mistake is ground in itself for losing his job.