Hmmm... God gave us a set of rules to live by. He did not expect us to do a particularly good job following them, but we were/are certainly supposed to try.
However, according to this priest, if we do not consider God's rules consistent with our personal "broader understanding", then we should throw out God's rules. Seems to me this Priest has decided his "broader understanding" trumps God.
I would hate to be this priest when he meets his maker...
How can he function as a priest if he isn't in communion with the Church? How can he baptize, give communion or hear confessions when he's in a state of obstinant mortal sin? He's identifying himself first as gay, second as a persecuted human and third as a Catholic. He doesn't appear to be living celibate since he states: "The Church chooses in matters of sexuality to bring very literal interpretations to isolated passages of Scripture as a proof-text for a static, narrow interpretation of natural law."
Why this man would want to be a priest is an utter mystery. He should live his lifesyle and promulgate his self-spirituality at an ashram or apply for a teaching post at Matthew Fox's Wisdom University.