How very sad, not to mention bigoted. I’m unaware of any evidence which supports such an extreme opinion. .
I can. I guess it’s because I was raised devout Catholic and new dozens of priests over many years. That includes Leonard Faulkner, who gave me my first communion, and ended up Archbishop of Adelaide, I decent and sincere man. He came out of retirement to say Requiem Mass at my father’s funeral. Poor old fella kept getting confused.
Of course I’ve known more than few priests who were dickheads, just like in life generally.