I agree you can have morality without religion. As for the priest he has a said faith not a true one. There are many who have fooled themselves. The human mind can justify almost anything. I will not blame God for a human given free will failing to practice what he preaches.

That priest and all who have helped cover it up need to be judged and sentence to whatever society sees fit. I have a huge problem with the institution of the Catholic church. It is the cause of most human suffering of the last 2000 years.