Being chaste as nothing to do with sexual orientation. It is about not indulging in sinful sexual activities be they "hetero-" or "homo-" sexual.
But since homosexual attraction indicates a disordered mental state (despite what current psychological opinion says), those with such proclivities have a harder time suppressing them than they do normal sexual urges.
The big mistake the RCC made was to puting credence in the psychologists position and accepting the "if they're celibate, what difference does it make" notion(s) instead of sticking to seminary policies and practices that had worked for hundreds of years.
Indications are that they have learned from their very serious mistakes and are re-introducing such policies as fast as internal "politics" will allow them to. The re-introduction is hampered by the fact that some homosexuals have reached positions in the heirachy (i.e. bishops--often not known to be queer) are stalling the efforts.
"How does someone even find OUT what a priest's sexual orientation IS ?Uhhh .. s'cuse me father .. d'ya like girls .. or boys?"
Pretty much, yes. These kinds of discernment questions "used" to be part of all RCC seminary programs, and if the answer was "boys"........!poof! Bye-bye.
Hey! Is that allowed on FR?