The vocations are growing! IMHO, the sex scandal was the Holy Spirit's way of purging the Church. Christ promised to remain with His church and here is the fruit of the scandal and that promise.
Plus, our new parochial vicar is a retread - he did his parish training here. This is his first parish assignment. Preached his maiden sermon the Sunday before last (not yesterday but the week before). He did great!
I think the scandal was the fruit of bad seminary formation and lax supervision on the part of none-too-orthodox bishops . . . but it does indeed appear that the Holy Spirit is cleaning house for the new generation of young priests . . . hope so. God willing.