Responses

He might have taken the blame for his father, though. That seems to be the implication at the end of the chapter.
I doubt, the author would seriously go down that dark dark road of having MC end up with a pedophile, killer and rapist. Many BL fans are willing to forgive a lot in a red flag ML, no matter how scummy he might behave (in the beginning), but I am convinced, most of us draw the line at a pedophile, who rapes and murders children, as the ML.
Also, if he were a pedopile, he wouldn't have any interest in the MC, Too old....
So he’s a Pedo, rapist, murder and a priest… I never been so.. disgusted and the blonde Mf just forgives him- ☠