In an open letter to U.S. bishops, dated **August of 2002!**”, extremely experienced, accomplished and empathetic psychiatrist, and devout JPII-inspired lay Catholic, Dr. Richard P. Fitzgibbons, M.D., together with Peter Rudegeair, M.A. and Eugene F. Diamond, M.D., comprehensively laid out the facts with respect to this very issue, concluding unequivocally that the root cause is homosexuality on the part of the priest, combined with hard-hearted unwillingness on the part of that priest or uphold Catholic doctrine relating to sins of the flesh.
In other words, the letter was authoritative and definitive. Which is probably why it was not allowed to have a concomitant impact on diocesan or archdiocesan policy anywhere in the U.S.
The original publication of the five-page letter in .pdf form can be found here:
https://archive.iftcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Letter-to-the-Catholic-Bishops.pdf
Thanks for the pdf.