I agree. Mehta is an atheist, but he seems to have some sense of honor. I think he’s doing the right thing. He castigated this criminal, and has offered to help.
Criminals are criminals, and we should all want them stopped, no matter what their religious (or irreligious) affiliation.
I imagine the man’s girlfriend took him to the pastor in the hope that he could be influenced to stop abusing her. Naïve.