You can carve out your own life, in our society, as long as you follow our laws.
What you can't do, is force other people to include/approve of you into membership in private religious organizations, under color of law.
And whether or not any particular religious group “approves” of you or not, what you can't do is commit crimes we, as in the various States and as a Nation, have enacted into law.
I am entirely disinterested in the personal sexual orientation of any Catholic priest, nor do I care if they abide by the strictures of their Catholic doctrine.
OTOH, I am very interested in individuals and organizations operating in the USA, religious or not, that as a group conspire to commit/conceal crimes, not limited to sexual crimes, but especially the sex crimes against minor children. Our laws are not set up to punish religious heretics, but we do have laws that are supposed to apply to everyone, religious or not, against acts we deem criminal.
I’m more impressed with your ridiculous stance that the word “American” is PC and generic. You do realize that there are people in this country and abroad who do not like that word because it “excludes” Canadians and Mexicans who live on the American continent? I now even refuse to refer to my home as “The States” when I’m in England - I am an American and I live in America. Anyone who doesn’t like those words can get stuffed.