IIRC, the Church caved to pressure to admit homosexuals to the priesthood on the promise that they would remain celibate. Its biggest mistake was caving in to these butt rangers, its next biggest mistake was not flushing them out of the priesthood immediately when they were discovered molesting boys.
In addition, Robert Scheer seldom displays any intelligence beyond that of a braying jackass.
The press admantly refuses to chracterize these priests as homosexuals. This despite the fact that they haunt gay hangouts.
Their original enablers were by then bishops.