It mattered as soon as the homosexual militants like Andrew Sullivan starting claiming that Father Judge lived life as a gay man without any proof. The gay crowd are the ones trying to sully the memory of an honorable man. If anything, he was an ex-gay, and that terrifies them to death. It collapses all the arguments the homosexuals use to normalize their lifestyle as a genetic imperative.
A priest who is sexually attracted to women, but because he has made a vow of celibacy, does not act on that attraction.
What is a homosexual priest?
A priest who is sexually attracted to men, but because he has made a vow of celibacy, does not act on that attraction.
From all reports, Father Judge fell into the second category.
You seem to be a considerably more terrified chap than Sullivan. It all comes down to putting things in perspective, and judgment about what is important, and what isn't, and what is worth commenting on in the public square, and what is intrusive.