I know a priest who was sent there. Since priests don’t pick their assignments, it’s not fair to say that they are there because they chose to be. My friend found the place spiritually barren. People would show up at funerals without the faintest idea how to act, or what it was supposed to be about. He found it really weird, and not for any of the typical SF-joke reasons.
I rather doubt that. The San Francisco Diocese has no monopoly on the transgressions of the priesthood. That behavior was wide spread until the lawsuits started. The Diocese is acutely aware of the damage a few bad actors can cause.
The SF Diocese has paid $68 million in settlements over the course of the scandals. They even fired all teenage rectory workers. Nominally it was presented as a safety measure as in the workers worked alone at desks and in areas that were open to street traffic presenting the possibility that crazy street people can wander in. The other side of that action helped to remove any temptations that may come up.
Thank you for your disgusting reply. The priest in question has been known to me for many years, he is interested in saving souls not in sin.