By perpetuating the notion that gay people are disordered, the Church is forcing gay men who sincerely believe they have a priestly vocation into the closet. If a person has to live in constant denial of a major aspect of their personhood, how can that not have a demoralizing effect on that person -- especially when the Gospel teaches that is the truth that sets us free!

Homosexuality did not cause the abuse crisis. But the crisis surely was exacerbated by the high number of priests, gay and straight, who were in denial of their sexuality and expressed it in destructive ways. Suppressing one's sexuality doesn't necessarily put one on the fast-track to becoming an abuser, but nothing good can ever come of it.