The problem seems to have grown when the Church decided it was alright to allow homosexuals into the priesthood as long as they didn’t practice their inclination. This is like giving an embezzler a job working as a bank teller. This problem as described in Michael Rose’s book “Goodbye, Good Men†which detailed how homosexuals took over certain seminaries. These seminaries became a good hideout for homosexuals who flaunted their sexual proclivities out in the open. Real devout men were pushed out of the seminaries.
This is the problem. The church invited all these homosexuals in as clergy and a good number of them began raping little boys. It wasn't shocking to much of the Church clergy because of the high number of priests participating in deviant behavior with one another.
I remember a coworker of mine many years ago told me that he had joined Catholic seminary to become a priest. He didn't last very long. He told me it become clear that a lot of the people there were homosexuals, and he was given council that he should leave and go find a girlfriend. He simply didn't fit in with the culture.
Perhaps the one good thing, if such a thing can be said, about homosexuality becoming so mainstream in society is that fewer of them will seek refuge in the Catholic church as clergy. I really do hope the church is now booting these people out as soon as they are discovered and not allowing them to go on to become priests.