Nuns take a vow of poverty. At the Catholic school I attended, the nuns cared for each other in sickness and had no luxuries. Meanwhile, the priests were wined and dined and I was told they had a health care plan and a pension when they retired.
I had an uncle who was a priest, and he did take a vow of poverty. He owned shockingly little in a material sense.
Nonetheless I have seen what you are talking about.
In the same part of PA yet ANOTHER priestly sex abuse scandal with cover-up has broken, so the stolen bar of soap is quite a minor issue by comparison.