[Notwithstanding]

"In other words priests need to succumb to the holy grail of political correctness?"

No. Rather, pastors need to know how to talk to all sinners in a way that might catch their mind and win it over to repentance and life in Christ. Christ did not walk up to every sinner and condemn them cold. Rather, he befriended them, showed them his compassion and empathy and then leveled with them about the wagesof sin.

[iranger]

Rather He befriended and showed compassion to the repentant. More than once he rebuked the unrepentant. What this is all about is a gradual reduction of standards. If you hold the bar "too high," you are dismissed as "not in touch" or "angry." I connected much better with my priests that resembled John Wayne or Ronald Reagan than I do with the current crop of softies who are more resemblant of Alan Alda.