... who had pedophilia (i.e. chicken-hawking) tendencies?
Actually, no. I don't think the Catholics intentionally hired homosexuals who were more disposed to molesting teen-age boys than an average homosexual. It's a numbers game. The evidence I have seen suggests that homosexuals are more prone to this kind of behavior than heterosexuals. So if you hire enough of them, it happens--especially if the church lets the offenders avoid consequences for many years.
Some sexual abuse of teens in the church will happen no matter how careful the church is. But the numbers could be greatly reduced by not hiring homosexual priests and by allowing severe punishment (both ecclesiastical and secular) of those who offend what should be a clear line.