
Because Father Merrin subscribes to a doctrine renowned across the world for their touching of underage children, mostly alter boys, and hates brown people to which Jesus would've been.
Father Merrin also believes in the whitewashing bullshit of the savior.
Yes, perhaps, there is a special place in Hell for the man they called Father Merrin.

"Father" Merrin denies a lot of things.
Like the holocaust.
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