You write: "Bishop Paprocki sounds like he has a very deep and malignant repression issue."

A quote for you from Wikipedia, as an answer/comment ... I know ... it should not come from there ... but this one could come from any encyclopedia:

"Psychological projection is a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against their own unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others."