Catholics will say or rationalize anything to justify breaking the second commandment and the commandment to not address religious leaders using the title *father*.
I have never seen such adament refusal to obey a clear, simple command as either of those.
Since a faithful Catholic is instructed that ONLY the Org can interpret scriptures for them, we would not expect the Org priests to deflate their own empowerment in the Org (rhymes with Borg).