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I think that the point here is that Catholicism has always differentiated homosexual acts from homosexual desires. These priests have not acted on their desires, and have therefore violated no Catholic precepts. This is a theological debate, not a political one.

I think it is, at its core, a political debate. These homosexuals want to force the Church to accept their open, but not practicing, homosexuality.
Only God knows if they have or have not acted on their desires or have or have not violated Catholic precepts. If it were just that --a religious question -- it would be a private matter between them and their confessors and they wouldn't be writing public letters to the Pope....with 39 other signatures. How much more political can you think of? It's like a petition.
They WANT the publicity and the notoriety of their open, strong, but non-practicing homosexuality out there for the world to see. It's a way for them to think that somehow their profound abnormality will be normalized. One priest calls it his "wealth" to be homosexual.
It SHOULD be no one's business, but these men are MAKING it the Pope's business.

It is self-aggrandizing, arrogance and pure politics.
My two cents.