He encouraged them in the practice of a false religion.
The Bishop gave a short but important speech directly addressing the children and encouraging them to learn and maintain our tradition and values.
OK, good catch, gbcdoj. But if I'm playing devil's advocate:
Suppose he instructed the children to obey their parents, to uphold mutual sexual mores such as chastity, to be generous, and to seek truth. If he elsewhere made clear (and yeah, this is Pilla we're talking about; I can't imagine him actually doing this) that he's not a syncretist or pantheist, that he does NOT equate the two religions, is it wrong to have said such things?
The faithful, spiritual observance of other religions, and the temporal justice which their ethical adherence creates is prevening grace, so long as the pathway towards Christianity is not blocked by false beliefs about Christianity, such as that it is at its center simply another expression of the same "truth" that is Hindu. Or Gandhi's ethno-religious belief (i.e., Hindi is India's Christianity.)
Essentially, he could praise what in Hinduism is a product of Man's longing for God, encourage the behaviors which sustain that longing, and make clear that Hindusim and Christianity are seperate, so if his audience ever longed for something beyond what they found in Hinduism, they would habe a curiosity about Christianity.
Of course, actually succeeding in doing that would take an intellectual rigor and faithfulness to Christianity which Pilla has demonstrated time and time again he lacks.
As for the shawl: Again, since it is Pilla, I have concerns. He should be areful to discern the distinction between what is merely cultural in a culture which does not divide religion from the rest of its culture, and what constitutes communicating a statement or worship in Hinduism.
For instance: If a Hindu wore a Yarmulke, that would not communicate Jewish worship; if he wore a Crucifix, however, that would communicate Christian worship.