the only thing, relative to the church that should have mattered should have been was he celibate?.

His "orientation" indeed should not have mattered unless it meant that he was not honoring his vows -- in which case he would not have been an honorable priest.

The third rail of public discourse regarding all the breaking "news" about pedophilia in the priesthood, is the obvious avoidance of the issue of (active?) homosexuality in the priesthood. If the two (homosexuality and pedophilia) are not connected then I don't think there should be such an avoidance, but the priests aren't molesting little girls...