These perverts groomed the boys, so that magical day of puberty past, this excuse would be made.
It was sinful. But not as bad as pedophilia. They were not small children. I think Paul puts them on the same level as adulterers and thieves.
God destroyed Sodom, and called the acts an abomination ... He put no age on the act... A priest that grooms a boy for him self until puberty is as bad as it gets... And those that make excuses for this are not going to like the end. It is twisted beyond words to then make the post puberty teen as culpable as the pervert that grooms the boy.
There are no degrees of sin. Sin is sin. Please stop defending this monster.