Not only was she "gay," but the critical issue is that she is a homosexual activist. She was in a long-term romantic relationship with another woman; this couldn't have been secret. The eventual "marriage" was just a logical conclusion to her activism. Don't doubt for a minute that she would have pushed the school for benefits for her "spouse."
No wonder most "Catholic" young people are in favor of same-sex "marriage." Their leaders let the sodomites teach them.
‘She was in a long-term romantic relationship with another woman; this couldn’t have been secret.’
What makes you think that, this sort of thing has been kept secret for 2000 years?