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Many of them, it seems especially the ones who go on to become priests in some jurisdictions, can be described as suffering from a sort of spiritual PTSD. They can be dangerous.

I have seen that before also (convert disease). Which is why I think that a priest or pastor converting should not be given sole run of a parish for a bit. Not always possible I realize. It is often better to have him with an older pastor/priest who has been (to quote a Western phrase) to a few Rodeo's and a goat rope. Tends to calm them down.

The issue that my bride ran into (and I think it is common on Catholicism) is that the laity have very limited recourse in situations like this. The bishop doesn't care, he is trying to rebuild the Diocese after a large sex abuse scandal a few years ago. Many in the parish either say the rosary through the service or go to the diocese across the river. They have petitioned the bishop about this priest (and others like him, he is by no means alone) for years. But he teaches at a local university, always shows up for mass, and has had a clean record with the law. The formation of the faith isn't even a concern, let alone if the priest is by denying the Incarnation a rank heretic.

“The issue that my bride ran into (and I think it is common on Catholicism) is that the laity have very limited recourse in situations like this.”

That is one of the main, let us say practical, differences between Orthodox and Latin ecclesiology.