I worked with a guy who had been in the seminary for a while (can't recall if he ever specified for how long).He said he left because he was always being hit upon by other seminarians and professors.He was stunned and disgusted by what was going on.
I kid you not.And yes,he might have been lying but I sincerely doubt it.He was an honest,down to earth guy.
Of course it's understandable (to me,at least) why this could have happened.And no,I don't believe that all priests are perverts but you have to admit,as an earlier poster stated,that it's the ideal cover for a pervert looking for "respectability".Or at least it was before being a pervert was something to be celebrated.
I’ve heard of seminaries where that kind of evil gets dug in. It is a sad blot on the name of the Lord when it does. Nobody should declare a scandal where there isn’t any, but sometimes there really are scandals.
I had heard there were Lavender Mafia in the seminaries, so I was on guard when I went there. I did see some men that are more effeminate than the average guy, but if there was a Lavendar Mafia, they did not approach me. Maybe it was because I was 40 at the time and former Navy. Anyone who did approach me like that would lose teeth.
I knew one seminarian who had difficulty fitting in with the population. After his second year he left. About 6 months later we all had to unfriend him on Facebook because every post was flaming pro-homosexual. He joined the Episcopalians, who are much more amenable to homosexuals. He just could not stomach staying with a religion that tells him there is something wrong with his tendencies. I figure any homosexual who makes it to high office in the RCC has to have more discipline than a Soviet deep-cover agent, because at every turn he would be face-to-face with teaching that is offensive to him.
It should be noted that I started attending at the time that Pope Benedict XVI put out the word that a man with those tendencies should not be ordained. By my third year the seminary was full, and they had to turn prospective students away. I heard other seminaries were also at capacity.