Good for him. It’s nice that he is a kind and gentle man.
He is also no longer a Priest.
He can be kind and gentle with whatever flock of worshippers that wish excommunication for following him.
Please read the article and then re-read my post.
In the commonly understood sense, that's true. However, in the real, sacramental sense, he is still a priest. Once a priest, always a priest. He even retains the power (notice, I said power, not right) to say a valid Mass. And in the event of an emergency, he could even validly hear someone's confession. If he were to repent, and to return to the Church, he could be restored to active ministry without having to be ordained again.
I just wanted to clarify the theology of the matter. It would, from a theological perspective, be more accurate to say that he is no longer a member of the Catholic clergy.