Unfortuately, you may be right. Which points up a major problem in the Catholic Church: many priests are what we call a material heretic. That means that they really dissent from the teachings of the Church about sexual morality or have serious reservations. If they were to voice those reservations, they would be called formal heretics, which might harm their standing in the Church. Unfortunately, may of these priests reveal their true beliefs on in their actions. I thin we may safely assume that Arnold's relgious opinions and those of this priest--and probably even those of his bishop-- are very much the same.
You learn something everyday.