I personally suspect that Mohoney was being 'cosmically punished' for trying to shut down Mother Angelica and EWTN.
I'm all in favor of getting active homosexuals out of the priesthood, but, if a gay priest is celibate but likes floral arrangements, do you kick him out too?
There's not much we can do about gay men already in the priesthood, but better screening will keep active gay candidates out of seminaries. There are probably many gay-oriented men in the priesthood today; maybe they just didn't want to have to deal with questions about why they didn't marry or they thought being this close to God would cure them of their orientation. If a priest is celibate, what difference does his orientation make?
Also, Clarke scapegoats the "immorality of the US" as a factor. Well, millions of people live in this sexed-up society and don't molest young people or commit sexual crimes of any kind.
Oooooh! Interesting. I could see that. Good catch!