Clearly, it's not relevant. More than likely, he was just another repressed and closeted Republican, like Larry Craig. Real gay men (those who are "out") are always altruistic and only interested in working with youth as a community service. I know this because I have followed the subject closely in the New York Times.
“Notice the fact that he is a homosexual is omitted from the article.”
Not sure about you, but I just figure that somebody who has sex with 14-year-old boys is homo. I don’t need the media to tell me.