Hmmm, after having done this post and gone away for a day it is interesting to see the direction it has gone. From a moral, personal and political standpoint I do not agree with homosexuality. I do not necessarily believe, however, that every gay person is out there looking for a teen boy to molest. Unfortunately, the statistics have shown that the vast majority of problems with the priests have been as a homosexual issue. I also do not agree with Malthus that people will starve as a result of population growth. They starve as a result of famines created by politicians.
All of that being said, I do not think it is the point. You have a priest hanging out with drag queens and biker dudes, grabbing their ass, strutting his stuff shirtless. All behavior unbecoming his vows of priesthood. You can argue all you want whether it is appropriate behavior for a person in general while at Mardi Gras, but it is definately NOT appropriate behavior for a priest. This priest has gone against his vows and the teaching of the Catholic Church. He was properly forced to resign and I hope the Church will be asking more priests to do likewise.
Fair enough. My reaction was in large measure to the generalizing on gays as being perverted and automatic pedophiles. I agree this guy should not be in the priesthood, but I do not see him either as an automatic candidate for pedophilia due to his orientation. In theory, priests and nuns are not supposed to have any sexuality at all which is an unreasonable and unnatural expectation IMHO.