Boy, you don’t know the first thing about Masonry - or, by the sounds of it, much about the Templars, either. Perhaps you need to put away the conspiracy websites and learn the truth - both about who and what Freemasons really are, and why Pope Clement V and King Philip of France criminally conspired to do away with the Templars. Hint, it wasn’t because they were perverts or getting out of hand.
It was for money.
Nothing about what this disgusting yahoo in Norway did has anything to do with Freemasonry. In fact, it runs completely opposed to the concept of brotherhood that Masonry espouses.
It had nothing to do with the money but was a matter of power and orthodoxy.
Also, check into the difference between Scottish Rite Masons (the US version) and the European variety. Masons have always been a huge political power in Europe, and it is one generally directed against the Catholic Church and also against Christians who won’t accept deism. US Masons are basically a fraternal order with a few funny customs.
As for the Templars, they were setting up their own fiefdoms. The Masons believe they have a close connection with the Templars, as you probably know, and therefore it is not at all unbelievable to me that this man would be both a Mason and a wanna-be Templar.