He could NOT have been front and center in the lives of those men who raped and abused those people. A person who is deeply devoted to God, and is filled with His Spirit, does NOT allow himself to indulge in such hypocritical and heinous sins. Everyone sins, but these are not the little sins we commit every day, like sassing our parents or stealing a candy bar, or cheating at golf. There are sins so heinous, that only a totally corrupt person commits them. Can a tree of thorns, produce fruit? Can a bitter fountain bring forth sweet water? Neither can a totally corrupt person belong to God.
And the bottom line is despite being surrounded by God, He failed those priests, churches and children.