After conversion, Paul came to make confession (8)

I believe the answer is:

meaculpa

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'make confession' is the definition.
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'after conversion paul came' is the wordplay.
'after conversion' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'paul'+'came'='paulcame'
'paulcame' is an anagram of 'MEACULPA'.

'to' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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