Yes, there was a problem with homosexual activity in the church, celibacy applies equally to AC and DC.
This always comes down to pedophilia. The incidence of pedophilia among clerics is about the same as the general population. It is no more prevalent among homosexuals than heterosexuals. The New John Jay Report on Clergy Abuse in the Catholic Church
And the hierarchy of the Church did handle abuses badly which made an incindiry story all that much more spectacular. Everybody likes to poke authority, particularly authority they don't like.
