I don't understand it, either. They seem paralyzed.
It's not impossible that the ones in positions of holding these priests accountable are in the same boat...
I would think in a religion where the clergy are not allowed wives, it would be a very good atmosphere to attract homosexuals, male and female...
And horror of horrors when a family sends their young son off to seminary to become a priest and he is preyed upon by homos in the clergy...
It's my belief that queers are recruited, not born...
But I wonder why the 'straight' priest don't 'out' the queer ones...Maybe it's only the queers that get promoted and the straights are under pressure to keep quiet...