There's no mystery. These guys don't "long" to be priests because they want to be PRIESTS. They enter the priesthood because word has gotten around in the homosexual underground that they will be sheltered, coddled, and encouraged in their homosexual predations in the Catholic priesthood, and the priesthood is a good place to meet BOYS.
You bet they do. And they're still bitter because the young men in the Boy Scouts were declared off limits to them.
"the priesthood is a good place to meet BOYS."
I was an altar boy in a very conservative parrish in the 50's. Before there was a "Gay Menace". The priests were truly dedicated to the Lord and the Church.
In the 60's as a teenager I met up with "CHICKEN HAWKS" which are gay men (secular in the 60's) who prey upon young nieve boys and introduce them to gay sex. I didn't sucumb!
By the grace of God only I was not influenced by the slime and their devious ways. The priests of my youth taught me to resist evil and love Christ.