If he was incarcerated it would have cost the community a lot more. Do we apply a double standard Church vs state? We should be somewhat thankful the state did not have to pick up the tab.
Why wasn’t he rotting in an Australian jail?
You mean an archdiocese paid for a dying man’s room in a hospice? I can’t see anything wrong with that. The other matter of shuffling him around despite knowing of his crimes that was wrong.
Part of Christian teaching is to treat all people humanely. That includes criminals. That does not preclude punishment for their crimes. It does mean that they are due decent care when they are ill or dying.