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> The Ghost's identity had leaked swiftly into the wider community, and **this**, coupled with the knowledge that he had been jointly responsible for the drowning of a three- year-old child, **made abuse of {Mr X} both a duty and a pleasure**. 
>  (The Casual Vacancy, by J. K. Rowling)
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'this made abuse of {Mr X} both a duty and a pleasure'

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What does the sentence above mean? Would you parse it?