>>117307113He overstepped his bounds and essentially declared himself to be the hand of God, despite not even being a member of the clergy, in order to pass judgement and blame his own shortcomings on God's plan.
He then managed to convince himself that Satan was responsible for creating his lust for Esmerelda, because there's no way such a righteous and pure man would fall to such base desires, especially when it's towards a Gypsy.