Quoting Michael Ross, a serial rapist and murderer:
I feel a profound sense of guilt: an intense, overwhelming and pervasive guilt that surrounds my soul with dark, tormenting clouds of self-hatred, remorse and sorrow … Reconciliation is what I yearn for most: reconciliation with the spirits of my victims, with their families and friends, and finally with myself and God.
Source: Johann Christoph Arnold - Why Forgive?, pp.169-170