"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.
A homosexual guy made an physical advance on me once in college in the men's showers. I slammed his head against the wall and told him that if he ever did that again, he would face consequences he would never forget. Then I told everyone on my hall what happened. He never came to our showers again.
A parish priest in the town next to us methodically befriended six vulnerable boys (ages 13, 14), and over the course of a year or two, got them to watch homosexual pornography, and to allow themselves to be fondled by the priest. In the most evil way, he told them this was normal sexual behavior for men, and that they should be pleased that a priest was introducing them to this. It shortly proceeded to weekly anal rape. All the while, the horrified boys were told that this was part of manhood and that they needed to keep it quiet - and that everyone else did the same! God, please be with these abused people, as they struggle to live their lives in the aftermath of such mental and spiritual and physical torture.