You wrote:
“If you hold the view that all ministers are scammers, I believe you are wrong.”
Your view is irrelevant. He admits he objectively scammed people. He might have done it unwittingly, but objectively he scammed people.
“However, now, he is your scammer!”
He’s not a scammer. He WAS a scammer. Now, he is not.
“As I wrote, I hope the RC church can do something very good with him now.”
With him? No, he has done good with the Church and the Church has given him some of what he lacked as a Protestant. Here’s his website: http://www.dads.org/
“He’s not a scammer. He WAS a scammer. Now, he is not.”
I can only hope so, but only time will tell whether his character has changed.