I don't think it is as prevalent in our diocese but we do have some, one especially, who is not only homosexual but is on a personal power trip. This is a small town so the grapevine is very active. He recently got a wealthy older woman to sign her home over to him, not the diocese or the parish but to him personally. He hangs out with her and goes on vacations with her and she pays for everything (I know the woman who takes care of her finances.) He lives in an apartment, away from the parish and his number isn't listed. We think he must have something against the bishop because he gets away with murder and the bishop won't do a thing. He is in a poor parish and the parishioners are basically being held hostage by him but many of them now come to our church.
That is never a good sign. (We had a priest here in Florida who was selling the drug Ecstacy out of his condo.) I don't know why diocesan priests are permitted to live anywhere other than the rectory.
The priest you are talking about sounds like he could be a real legal problem down the road, btw, especially if he is influencing a vulnerable older person. But the bishop never seems to listen until it is too late.