How is this worse than other religion?
Most western brands of Christianity promise to get you into "heaven" without evidence and then proceed to seek "voluntary" tributes or "donations" as well as proscribing what you can do. We won't mention any cases of choirboy buggering or other activities of their agents that the western churches work so hard to cover up and keep away from law enforcement.
Scientology, well, enough said.
It looks like this guy is at the legit end of the scale for proven, auditable delivery of what he promised, we have heard of her now. Even better, he actually got nicked for the illegal bit (unlike a Catholic priest) and may do his stir. What's not to like?