He doesn't give a tinker's damn what any of the locals think.
He wants the money.
I heard through the grapevine that he is in the process of closing the last Anglo-Catholic parish in town. He wants their property -- it's the last remaining large piece of land zoned commercial in a very hot neighborhood. And he won't care what it does to that community either.
He is a toad.
Well, St. Andrew's is a pricey piece of real estate too, and they're in the process of expanding. I just hope he doesn't turn it into a gay nightclub.