Sometimes people say that kind of thing out of shame, for example if they feel humiliated and are trying to make the humiliation stop by agreeing with the person shaming them. Such statements should not be taken as factual confessions. I don't know anything about this situation, but that language sounds like that to me. Also, the first sentence of the current article makes me think that the author is given to overstatement.

> Such statements should not be taken as factual confessions

What does this even mean? Don't apologize for coercing people to have sex if you didn't do that.

I think the comment is pretty clear in its meaning. Do you really not understand it?

No I don't understand. The author published a written apology, and has said nothing about it not being sincere, what shouldn't be taken as "factual".

There is a very big difference between not taking his apology as truthful and other people distorting what he said ie; people equating apologizing for "pressuring someone to have sex" as the same thing as apologizing for rape.

Ok, so you do understand the comment. You just don't agree with it.