How are people rationalizing Singer praising sex offenders and harboring them on his land?

Just read The Surrender Experiment, and wow, my impression of Singer changed. I found the way he talked about Amrit Desai and Muktananda really disturbing.

Desai took a public vow of celibacy, and then had sex with at least three of his followers. One told the community, and he denied her allegations and had her shunned. Later two more came out, and eventually he publicly apologized and resigned. Seems like info has been tightly managed, so it's hard to say if those contacts were consensual or not. Regardless, there is a profound power imbalance between guru and follower, he was secretly acting in contradiction to his public vow, and he lied and discredited at least one woman for telling the truth. All this while married.

So what does Singer do? He moves one of his female followers out of her home on Temple of the Universe land and invites Amrit to come stay for a couple of years. He never mentions in the book *why* Amrit had to leave his own community. He does say he learned a lot about how to handle "dark times," and admires the way Amrit "never complained." He paints it like the guy fell on some bad luck or like he was the victim, when in truth, he was facing the consequences of his own choices... consequences that Singer softened for him! Did Singer once consider the safety of the women who visited or lived on Temple lands when he invited this guy to move in? Doesn't seem like it.

Then how about Baba? Singer name dropped Ram Dass, and talks about hosting "Baba" for a retreat. Oh, Neem Karoli? Nope, Muktananda, a guy who raped many of his followers and sexually abused children. Singer describes the incredibly powerful energy this "guru" exudes, credits him with opening his heart chakra, and recognizes him as his personal teacher.

Given his amazing team of defense attorneys, I suppose Singer could argue that he didn't know his "guru" was a rapist child abuser at the time he associated with him. It was public knowledge by the time Singer wrote Surrender Experiment though, and apparently it didn't change his opinion of the guy! He still sings his praises.

Seems like Singer talks a good talk on his first books, but his autobiography shows him taking some serious wrong turns. A couple chapters about meditation and then somehow he's helping create managed care as a "gift to the universe," firing 800 employees in a single meeting, and bragging about his lawyers getting him off for breaking antitrust laws and taking illegal kickbacks from his businesses. Toward the end, when he talks about "inner calm," he genuinely sounds more like a psychopath than a yogi.

How are people still following this guy like his path leads anywhere good??