In theology there’s something called grace. Which is needed to see and experience a good side of a mixed situation.
When Roy needed it, he found he had cast it far away. National politics can be unbelievably brutal.
Grace is a good one. Humility. And from what I understand of your religion, being a sinner is par for the life course. And forgiving is as well. It appears he turned away from both his profession’s and his religion’s main tenets.