It's kind of cute that the Church only discovered the issue when it started costing them a lot of money. Things like this have been going on for a long time, like centuries.
Gay counter-culture in America has become more aggressive and more open in the last 30 years. That's definitely a factor. But gays are not the only kooky subculture that hides behind organized religion (for whatever perverse reason). It's a powerful tool for manipulating people who try to see things with rosy glasses and have trouble understanding criminality realistically. Having been personally and intitutionally aware of some part of this problem quite a while ago, I am not at all shocked by the scandal. Only by Law's stupid answers and statements on the subject. He should resign. Along with any of the other nuts who want to whitewash pedophilia or the criminal shenanigans of the gay mafia among the clergy. I've seen enough of these scum in my time, believe me.
You're exactly right about the money part, by the way. Sadly.