Think he's missing the point
What point do you think he was missing? He's characterised feminism in a pretty insulting way, but I don't see what the point is you think he is missing.
He's also been somewhat naive because this was in a meeting about sexual abuse within the Catholic church and he was defending the idea of allowing a woman to make a speech about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and now the story is not about how the Church is combatting sexual abuse but how he is anti-feminist.
I also found it quite amusing since he was probably wearing something that looks like a dress when he made the comment.