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.
He only spent 4 years in jail, what 1999-2003 ? Why? He had more time to molest children after that before hospice. As a Catholic I’m glad he was arrested and jailed but why was he out? The church should not have paid for his rent, but Australia didn’t keep him in jail. This sickens every Catholic too, you know. Still, as a church child molesters are a smaller percentage then in the general public or in other denominations or religions. It doesn’t excuse it, but the media loves to run the story of the evil Priest, so much so people think that’s all the church is.
40,000?
Why not put him in a monastery while he awaits trail?