<<Father Reese can't even refer to himself as "Rev." or "Father" in the by-line>>

Authors typically -- not always, but typically -- are not identified by a title in the byline of an article or on the cover of a book.  Fr. Reese's title and other identifying information is found at the bottom of the article, just as the biographical data of the author of a book is typically found in the front or back of the book, or on the jacket.  Just one example: one of Pope Benedict's books is published this way:  

Eschatology, Second Edition: Death and Eternal Life (2007)
by Joseph Ratzinger

I'm taking the trouble to correct your error not because it's important, but precisely because it isn't: it was a petty criticism and reflects poorly on the rest of your comment.