Ecc 1:9 The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.
I suppose the contradiction between these statements is irrelevant, because, after all, this is a new time.
Suppose this was an fornicator? Coming out of the closet to claim his fornication acts, would they give him a chance to become a bishop?
...and for that matter, how hypocritical could you be for stoping a vote because this dude looks at porn and "touches" someone, at what point to this bunch is sin, sin?