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No, my priest was ordained into the Roman Catholic church after he converted. He had to go through a period of study and a process, but he was re-ordained. Come to think of it, I know another former Episcopal priest, still married, who converted then was re-ordained into the Latin Rite, so it's not always into the Anglican Use. They all have to go through a process (application, study, etc.), then they are re-ordained.

He had to go through a period of study and a process, but he was re-ordained.

There's really no such thing as "re-ordination." When a baptized Protestant wants to enter into the Church, they don't have to be "re-baptized" but still have to go through the same RCIA program as those who are. The process of catechesis for new members of the Church is not an "ordination" but rather an affirmation of the validity of his prior ordination, just as catechisis for a baptized Protestant isn't a re-baptism but an affirmation of the validity of his prior baptism.

I really think something is being "lost in translation" here and the Reverend is not being entirely clear with what actually happened.

I have not seen a married man from another faith, who was not a Protestant "priest" before conversion, have the office of priest conferred upon him within the Latin Rite. There really isn't anything in the rubrics allowing for such a thing - unless it was allowed by means of a special indult.