I understand the multiple "moving on"s; we were almost in real time.

I'm not sure you're right that priests fully grasp how tenuous their position is.  I think many of them are in the "It couldn't happen to me" school.  If they really grasped how vulnerable they are, they would refuse to live in a rectory or in any church housing, and insist on a living wage that would allow them to live wherever they want. (I think they should do that anyway.)  
When Joe, an employee of XYZ company, is accused and terminated, he goes home to his house or apartment and to his spouse and family.  When Fr. Joe, an employee of XYZ diocese or St. WXY Parish, is accused and terminated, he has no place to go and no-one to accompany him. (By the way: I think the government still treats priests as "self-employed" for tax purposes.)
Pax et bonum!