One thing that keeps coming back to me is this quote from the gay-enthusiasts at the New York Times (in their recent article about those wistful affectionate old fellows --- ahem ---"clericalizing" each other in the rectories):
"The stories of gay priests are unspoken, veiled from the outside world, known only to one another, if they are known at all."
If they're so very-very closeted and so very-very privacy-loving and so very-very secret, how credible are Frederic Martel --- author of the latest sin-sation, "In the Closet of the Vatican" --- and of course including the New York Times) who claim to KNOW ALL ABOUT IT?
Not to minimize the problem of gay clergy--- and it's huge and horrid --- I still maintain the reasonable caveat that LGBT advocates aren't the most dispassionate, credible sources. Duh.
For a credible view, read this:
"Frederic Martel's Bitch-Fest">Rod Dreher, The American Conservative, February 20, 2019)
The Daily Gaydar Report ("News Flash: Abraham Lincoln was Gay!") still 15% information and 85% insinuation.
That's not blinkers and rose-colored glasses, BTW: because if even 10% of it is credible, what we're witnessing is a hostile takeover strategy in real time.
Or it may be that gay priests will only feel secure talking freely with another gay, since they share the same identity and life view.
But to deny it in the face of supporting evidence, is short-sighted.