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Because you don't bold it doesn't mean it's not there.
Which seems to be that in the line of conversation the Priest was talking about it in relation to others peforming pedophliac actions that weren't victims of molestation themselves in the past. The statement regarding deserving to be punished could be an across the board thing, or it could be something said within the context of relating it to the punishment of those who were not previously victims themeslves. Again, you're making an assumption that the entire statement, and the thoughts behind those statements, are meant in a literalistic way and are presented as "in context" by the arthur. Given the line the writer uses just before the one you quoted, I can clearly see a way someone could make that statement in a way that's not suggesting that the action shouldn't have a "punishment" of sorts but dissimilar to others of a different situation and that there is a differing level of "deserving" it.
I'd be interested to see the Priests actual words rather than the snippets taken by the Telegraph. It reads to me as similar to how I've seen some people talk about Insanity pleas in the United States, that the person isn't being "punished" by being put into a mental institution but are being given treatment and aid....even though, yeah, it's definitely still "punishment".
I included it in the quote, I am certainly not trying to suggest it is not there. However, he did specifically and clearly state that they should not be punished.