The time to fight back is long over due. About 15 years ago I was listening to a talk radio program (I don’t recall which one). There was a call from an Irish Catholic priest, about 55 years old. He told the listening audience that the take over of Catholic seminaries by gays began years ago.
So from today maybe 35 to 40 years ago. He said he warned bishops, archbishops and even wrote to Rome. He then said the responses if any were very noncommittal at best.
Any house of Christendom should know the best defense is to get their own knitting right with the Lord.
That could be one drawback of relying on a hierarchy. If the high muckety mucks go to sleep, you are left twisting in the wind.
According to what I have read, Benedict XVI made a huge course correction during his watch by revamping the interview process for prospective seminary students. In effect, the RCC began filtering out those prospects who were suspect homosexuals.
About 2+ years ago, a Polish RCC priest (sorry, can't recall the name or his official title) wrote a defining petiton to the Vatican powers regarding the "Homoheresy" within the Vatican curia. Benedict XVI supposedly passed this on to Francis. I haven't seen anything in the news to indicate that Francis has acted upon it.