Michael Rose, in
Goodbye! Good Men" researched the topic. Fr. Richard John Neuhaus of
First Things read the book, and says, "Rose names names, and I have checked with people familiar with some of the incidents he recounts. It seems that his reports are generally reliable, but, even if the situation in vocation offices and seminaries is only half as bad as he suggests, it is very bad indeed."
That the Catholic Medical Association was moved to warn about what was going on in the seminaries underlines the seriousness of the situation.