Why not extend him an invitation to explain his decision. The 'Tiber Swim Team' has open enrollment ;-)
I'm sure they know all about his decision and why he made it.
I remember three days after I started I was in a room full of LCMS Pastors and one said to another
"Did you here about X, he's gone to the Priesthood"
the second replied.
"Oh, like Neuhaus, Klein......" he named like six or eight more guys.
They're very aware of those that have gone over, particularly high profile guys like Klein and Neuhaus.