And Catholics on this board regularly condemn Protestant churches that have openly gay clergy.
Go figure.....
Archbishop Listecki seems to rather weakly and obliquely assume that the priest has continued in faithfulness --- which in this case would mean abstinence from any sexual gratification whatsoever---- when he says " As priests who have made a promise to celibacy, we know ..."
But it's all very coy. Neither man mentioned this obligation of abstinence. And if the priest IS abstinent, what compels him, now, adopt "gay" as an identifier?
When does he "come out" as chaste?
That's the problem with the "openly gay" Protestant clergy. All that I've read about are also openly "partnered." They don't even hint at being celibate. They have declared people with who they commit actual sodomy.