The phrase "confessed for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to mean that someone has admitted to doing something. For example, "The suspect confessed for committing the crime."
This pattern was not torn apart when it 'broke' Malinski and he confessed for the first time.
The Northern Irishman confessed: "For me, being a Manchester United fan, it was the highlight of the week so far.
If Madoff hadn't confessed — for reasons that remain unclear — he might still be rounding up new victims.
Mr. Gotti, looking less like a wiseguy from Queens than a NASA scientist from the Mercury era, confessed, for example, that the Mafia did exist.
The Italian has also confessed for the first time that he made a mistake in leaving Theo Walcott out of his England squad for the World Cup finals last summer.
Probably, Pierre confessed, for he had gone over it hundreds of times: every day when he had sat down at his desk, he had begun reading his book from the beginning, and amending as he read.
"Just remember," warns one of the villains trying to force Hopper to confess, "for every decision there is a consequence".
Like addicts confessing for the first time to a lifelong habit, men offer tale after tale of seduction and disaster.
What the show lacks in originality — drag queens have been stripping and confessing for ages ��� it makes up for in an uncompromising dedication to its material.
"Jim believed that people of this ilk would confess for only one reason: sheer terror," said one C.I.A. official who had discussed the matter with Dr. Mitchell.
