I've always thought this was a not exactly true. The Church's primary assets are "tons of" real estate, buildings and art work. I know here in St. Louis, the Archdiocese sold the Archbishop's residence in the county along with other properties to help get the Archdiocese back in the black. But there are some properties that simply cannot be "sold."
And while the Church universal may have "money," many, many parishes have been closed not just because of a lack of priests, but also because they and especially their schools, can no longer be supported financially by the people of the parish. Upkeep is very expensive and quite a few parishes are well over 100 years old. Most are at least 50 years old.
The expense of building new churches and schools as the Catholic populace grows and moves to outlying areas is enormous. It explains why those parishes are so huge. My nephew lives in a parish that has 24,000 members. They celebrate 12 Masses each weekend, some of them simultaneously, in the church and in the gym.
Ministering to the spiritual and educational needs of over 1 billion people is costly. So when you write that the Church as "tons of money," you must realize that those lawyers and others are lining up to take what should be spent to spread and sustain the word and the work of Jesus Christ.
They opted out of the SS system for priests in America as well and those priests have to now work until 80+ and have no retirement.
This homosexuality issue isn't the first issue the church blundered!