I find myself in complete agreement with you.
Receiving communion whilst deceiving the priest is one thing and that is on the individual; openly proceeding in an unworthy manner will also carry spiritual consequences to the priest.
I took a personality type test in a small group leadership class at my church. The test put the people in boxes, one of the boxes was how much you liked conflict or avoided conflict, with a sort of range in the middle being “right” for purposes of interaction within a church community (you don’t condemn the sins of everyone, berating them constantly, and giving them your opinion incessently as a person that seeks out conflict might . . . and you don’t watch a person sin or make an important mistake or treat someone badly and not say anything as a person that avoids conflict might). Sort of a way to let people know what type of mistakes they might make if they are in a position of church leadership.
This priest might think about how he feels about conflict.